The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes its member authority Fermanagh and Omagh Council as the latest local authority in Northern Ireland to pass a resolution opposing the local development of a deep underground radioactive waste repository. This follows on from a letter of the UK Government to all Councils in England, Wales and Northern … [Continue Reading]
NFLA notes the McKinsey report on global energy perspectives – both the UK and Irish Governments need to take heed of it
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) notes with interest the latest ‘Global Energy Perspectives’ report by the influential market intelligence group McKinsey. Their latest report outlines that the future decades will be dominated by rapid growth of the renewables sector over fossil fuel or nuclear power, but that the planet can only hit the IPCC … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcomes the global launch of the Bike for Peace tour in Westminster, as South Africa becomes the latest state to ratify the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA), in partnership with the UK and Ireland Mayors for Peace Chapter, welcomes tomorrow’s formal launch in the Palace of Westminster of the latest global tour by the Norwegian group ‘Bike for Peace’. (1) Bike for Peace was established in 1978 by Tore Naerland, a 90% blind peace campaigner who … [Continue Reading]
NFLA gives tribute to Paul Flynn MP – a true advocate for a nuclear free world
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) pays tribute to Paul Flynn MP, who has sadly died today after a long battle with illness. The MP for Newport West since 1987, after 15 years as a councillor, was a strong advocate and supporter of the NFLA, speaking at a number of our meetings over the past … [Continue Reading]
Mayors for Peace European and North American Lead Cities Statement
The governments of the United States and Russia have both decided to formally suspend their involvement in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. This now gives just a few months to restore one of the most important treaties of the Cold War era. This Treaty helped to lead to the withdrawal of large numbers of … [Continue Reading]
NFLA agrees with Newry, Mourne and Down Council that the UK’s radioactive waste repository should never be built in Northern Ireland
NFLA All Ireland Forum media release The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) fully supports the resolution passed by Newry, Mourne and Down Council that opposes a deep radioactive waste repository coming to its area, or any other part of Northern Ireland for that matter. (1) The concerns come after a recent video placed on the … [Continue Reading]
NFLA gives its views on the SEPA Scottish Nuclear Sector Plan for decommissioning and nuclear phase-out – offering an alternative and much more ambitious energy vision for Scotland instead
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today its views (1) on the proposed Scottish Nuclear Sector Plan document being consulted on by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). (2) SEPA has been consulting on its draft Nuclear Sector Plan with ‘considerable input’ from the nuclear industry. The plan is SEPA’s vision of how regulations … [Continue Reading]
Mayors, councillors and parliamentarians call on Russia and the U.S. to preserve the INF Treaty
Contacts: Basel Peace Office: Prof (em) Andreas Nidecker MD. +41 76 557 3712 anidecker@bluewin.ch Mayors for Peace Europe: Sean Morris. +44 7 771 930 196 s.morris4@manchester.gov.uk Mayors for Peace North America: Jacqueline Cabasso +1 510 306-0119 wslf@earthlink.net Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament: Alyn Ware +41 788 912 156 alyn@pnnd.org World Future Council: Thies Kätow … [Continue Reading]
NFLA seeks greater clarification on ‘close proximity incident’ between a nuclear submarine and a passenger ferry in the Irish Sea
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) is writing to the Marine Accident Incident Branch (MAIB) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) after reports of a ‘close proximity incident’ between a Royal Navy nuclear submarine and an Irish Sea public ferry service. According to media reports (1), the incident took place in early November 2018, but … [Continue Reading]
NFLA argues the priority for Anglesey is now the safe decommissioning of Wylfa A and a concerted effort for new jobs in renewable and decentralised energy
A few days have now passed since Horizon Nuclear halted plans to develop the Wylfa B Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) new nuclear programme in Anglesey. Amidst on one hand, calls that energy security is under deep threat, and on the other that the economic future of Anglesey and Wales is in a state of … [Continue Reading]