In what will be a major setback for the pro-nuclear lobby, the two greenfield sites at Kirksanton and Braystones – earmarked for up to 6 new reactors – have been ditched ‘as unsuitable’ by Government. As reported by DECC yesterday, the two coastal sites will no longer feature in the repeat public consultation to be … [Continue Reading]
RWE to abandon two West Cumbrian sites ?
Supporters of the construction of new nuclear power stations at Kirksanton and Braystones, the two West Cumbrian sites nominated earlier this year by German company RWE, could be in for a major disappointment. As reported by Reuters today (10th June), RWE has turned down the chance to buy land suitable for new build at Dungeness … [Continue Reading]
Wind farm to be axed for new nuclear power station
The intentions of the West Cumbrian Masterplan, posing under the guise of Britain’s Energy Coast, have been thrown into disarray with the revelation that a long established local wind farm will be scrapped to make way for a new nuclear power station. The revelation was made to a Cumbria County Council Forum meeting yesterday evening … [Continue Reading]
NDA Announcement on Land Sale for New Build
The support of the latter and the connivance of the former in the promotion of new build at or near Sellafield further condemns West Cumbria to another 50 years or more of nuclear domination, degradation, accident and terrorist action, and will do little for jobs or the local economy in the long term. CORE’s spokesperson … [Continue Reading]
High Court ruling against Government on nuclear power
CORE campaigners today welcomed the High Court ruling by Mr Justice Sullivan that the Government had failed to carry out a proper public consultation before re-instating nuclear power in its 2006 Energy Review. Ruling on the case brought by Greenpeace, the Judge described the consultation process as being seriously flawed, procedurally unfair, not merely inadequate … [Continue Reading]
CORE’s response to the BNFL/ British Energy Feasibility Study Agreement
The agreement signed today in London between British Nuclear Fuels and British Energy to assess the feasibility of the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor as an eventual replacement for UK’s AGR power stations has been met with scepticism by local anti-nuclear group CORE. A spokesperson for the group said today “BNFL’s Chief Executive has described the agreement … [Continue Reading]