News 2012

19 December 2012

As Dounreay rail transports to Sellafield begin, NFLA notes an increase in accidents involving rail transports containing radioactive materials

10 December 2012

NFLA elects new Chairperson and hears about ‘Energiewende’ and developing new partnerships in the nuclear policy field

6 December 2012

NFLA holds 2012 Annual Policy Seminar on how to influence the international nuclear policy debate

5 December 2012

NFLA concerned about safety and waste issues in EDF’s decision to extend to 2023 operations at Hinkley Point B and Hunterston B

4 December 2012

NFLA comment on Irish Government Sellafield report – are we really that sure there are no risks to Ireland from the facility?

3 December 2012

NFLA comment on UK Energy Bill – some good proposals, some bad proposals and a lot left out

7 November 2012

NFLA joint submission on draft radioactive permits for proposed Hinkley Point C – the Environment Agency need to take on board key environmental concerns and improve their stakeholder engagement

7 November 2012

National Audit Report on the operation of Sellafield is a wake-up call over the long-term taxpayer costs for nuclear power

30 October 2012

NFLA comment on Hitachi £700 million deal for new nuclear at Wylfa and Oldbury – there remain better alternatives

23 October 2012

NFLA Welsh Forum seminar in Cardiff considers the key nuclear policy issues affecting Wales – Wylfa B, Welsh energy policy, climate change mitigation and could Trident come to Wales?

10 October 2012

NFLA All Ireland Forum seminar in Downpatrick considers the impact of a UK new nuclear build programme and whether shale gas is a realistic alternative to nuclear power or renewable energy

5 October 2012

As new nuclear build and radioactive waste options flounder, NFLA believes now is the time for a radical rethink in UK Government policy

3 October 2012

NFLA remembers the 60th anniversary of the first British atomic weapon test and the ongoing veterans campaign for justice

24 September 2012

NFLA co-operates with European Network of Cities concerned about nuclear power to influence EU institutions

17 September 2012

NFLA submits views on options for the storage of intermediate level radioactive waste in central and southern Scotland

14 September 2012

NFLA publishes emergency planning assessment of Fukushima and urges radical reform of UK nuclear emergency planning regulations

14 September 2012

NFLA welcomes Galway City Council as its newest member

14 August 2012

NFLA report shows how Scotland can lead a renewable energy revolution by following Germany’s ‘nuclear free’ vision

1 August 2012

NFLA members show solidarity with Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 67th anniversaries of the nuclear weapon attacks

27 July 2012

NFLA submits views on plutonium reuse to UK Government – immobilisation rather than MoX fuel use urged by the NFLA

10 July 2012

DECC survey shows strong support for renewable energy and split support for new nuclear build – why not publicise it more widely?

9 July 2012

World Nuclear Status Report 2012 – by Mycle Schneider and Anthony Froggatt. An overview of the state of nuclear power around the world, reproduced with permission by the report authors.

6 July 2012

Fukushima – largely “a man-made disaster” according to Japanese report

5 July 2012

NFLA alarmed to hear of 263 fire incidents on UK nuclear submarines since 1987

28 June 2012

NFLA broadly welcomes Welsh Assembly energy inquiry but disagrees on its view over nuclear new build at Wylfa

18 June 2012

Trident replacement announcement could mean £4 billion of public money wasted on a project without full Parliamentary assent

14 June 2012

NFLA submits report to Energy & Climate Change Committee as energy inquiry raises political risks of no new nuclear build

12 June 2012

UK Government needs to stop putting unnecessary pressure on the nuclear regulator over approving new nuclear reactor designs

1 June 2012

Independent review highlights 30 safety issues delaying regulatory approval for EDF’s French nuclear reactor design

17 May 2012

NFLA publishes ‘Spinwatch’ report on nuclear subsidies on its website

17 May 2012

NFLA to raise concerns with ONR over worrying results from UK nuclear stress test reports

30 April 2012

NFLA/Stop Hinkley submission warns that Somerset will get long-term highly radioactive waste store through undemocratic process

19 April 2012

The Wider Economic Impacts of Nuclear Power, the fourth in a series of briefings, written by four former Executive Directors of Friends of the Earth: Tony Juniper, Jonathon Porritt, Charles Secrett and Tom Burke

18 April 2012

NFLA All Ireland Forum holds spring seminar on the risks of UK new nuclear build and the benefits of Irish Sustainable Energy Communities

17 April 2012

NFLA Policy Briefing outlines concerns over the movement of radioactively contaminated heat exchangers from Berkeley to Sweden

29 March 2012

NFLA welcomes the decision of RWE Npower and E-On decision to halt nuclear new build investment – now is the time to re-focus UK energy policy

27 March 2012

NFLA Welsh Forum Chair formally addresses the Welsh Assembly energy inquiry on the need for a ‘nuclear free, renewable rich’ future energy policy

23 March 2012

NFLA strongly opposes new NDA proposals to transport Dounreay spent radioactive fuels to Sellafield for security and environmental reasons

20 March 2012

NFLA submits its views on West Cumbrian deep-underground radioactive waste repository – Cumbria is not the right location for it

14 March 2012

NFLA Welsh Forum ‘surprised and disappointed’ with Welsh Government policy change on new nuclear build at Wylfa

• NFLA letter to First Minister for Wales

12 March 2012

Remembering Fukushima – time for the building of an alternative energy policy?

1 March 2012

NFLA welcomes Guardian poll that shows 72% are opposed to new nuclear reactors being built in their area

28 February 2012

NFLA Welsh Forum holding cross-party panel on the future direction of Welsh energy policy

28 February 2012

NFLA raise nuclear emergency planning concerns in Greenpeace International report with DECC and ONR

23 February 2012

NFLA English Forum seminar discusses radiation and health, nuclear waste and nuclear emergency planning issues

21 February 2012

NFLA contacts Parliamentary Select Committee Chairs to call for reappraisal of National Policy Statements on new nuclear power

14 February 2012

NFLA submits its response to MOD on submarine dismantling – apply environmental principles and don’t build any more submarines

9 February 2012

NFLA Scotland seminar discusses concerns around Trident replacement, Dounreay radwaste rail transport, Dalgety Bay radioactive contamination and Rosyth nuclear subs dismantling

11 January 2012

NFLA raises concerns over the lack of information on marine radioactive discharges in the ONR ‘stress test’ nuclear reactors report