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In January 2008 the UK government announced plans to build new nuclear power stations, and the '''anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom''' has voiced concerns.  There are also public concerns about the proliferation of [[nuclear weapons]]. Many different groups and individuals have been involved in demonstrations and protests over the years. The [[Nuclear Contribution to Climate Change]] in the UK is much higher than thought because of the HFC emissions of the nuclear plant in Sellafield.
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== Upcoming Events ==
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In January 2008 the UK government announced plans to build new nuclear power stations, and the anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom has voiced concerns.  There are also public concerns about the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Many different groups and individuals have been involved in demonstrations and protests over the years. The [[Nuclear Contribution to Climate Change]] in the UK is much higher than thought because of the HFC emissions of the nuclear plant in Sellafield.
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== Latest Developments ==
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The British government plans the construction of new nuclear power plants in the UK. The Infrastructure Planning Commission project list<ref>http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/?page_id=202</ref> includes::
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* Hinkley C, Somerset (EDF) - 2 Aug 2010
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** Rolls-Royce signed in January 2019 a contract to provide backup power for Hinkley C (4 x 3,600 kW)<ref>https://www.energylivenews.com/2019/01/31/rolls-royce-inks-deal-for-hinkley-backup-power/ as of 5 March 2019</ref>
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* Sizewell C, Suffolk (EDF) - 1 Jun 2011
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* Sizewell C connector, Bramford to Twinstead, 26km overhead line - 1 Jun 2011
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* Hinkley Point connector, Bridgwater to Seabank, 60km overhead line - 1 Aug 2011
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* Wylfa, Anglesey (Horizon = E.ON + RWE npower) - 1 Nov 2011
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* Oldbury, Gloucestershire (Horizon = E.ON + RWE npower) - 1 Nov 2011
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==Background==
 
==Background==
 
In 1976, the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution found that it would be "morally wrong" to make a major commitment to nuclear power without first demonstrating a safe way of isolating radioactive waste. Yet the UK is about to embark on a programme to build at least 10 new reactors while still lacking a disposal site for waste from the past 50 years. According to a ''New Scientist'' report, spent fuel from the new reactors will be far more radioactive than existing waste.<ref>[http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/energy-fuels/mg19826513.300-editorial-nuclear-industry-must-not-forget-past-lessons.html Editorial: Nuclear industry must not forget past lessons]</ref><ref>[http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826514.200-nuclear-superfuel-gets-too-hot-to-handle.html Nuclear super-fuel gets too hot to handle]</ref>
 
In 1976, the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution found that it would be "morally wrong" to make a major commitment to nuclear power without first demonstrating a safe way of isolating radioactive waste. Yet the UK is about to embark on a programme to build at least 10 new reactors while still lacking a disposal site for waste from the past 50 years. According to a ''New Scientist'' report, spent fuel from the new reactors will be far more radioactive than existing waste.<ref>[http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/energy-fuels/mg19826513.300-editorial-nuclear-industry-must-not-forget-past-lessons.html Editorial: Nuclear industry must not forget past lessons]</ref><ref>[http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826514.200-nuclear-superfuel-gets-too-hot-to-handle.html Nuclear super-fuel gets too hot to handle]</ref>
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==Specific groups==
 
==Specific groups==
One of the most prominent anti-nuclear groups in the UK is the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] (CND). CND favours nuclear disarmament by all countries and tighter international regulation through treaties such as the [[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]]. CND is also opposed to any new nuclear power stations being built in the United Kingdom. One of the activities most strongly associated with CND is the [[Aldermaston Marches]].
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One of the most prominent and long-standing anti-nuclear groups in the UK is the [http://www.cnduk.org Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament] (CND), which marked its [http://www.cnduk.org/index.php/20080213493/press-releases/general/50th-anniversary-of-cnd-50-mps-welcome-global-summit-this-weekend.html 50th anniversary] in February 2008. CND campaigns for nuclear disarmament by the UK and all countries and tighter international regulation through treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It is currently pressuring the British government to abandon its plans to replace its submarine-based Trident nuclear missile system and commit to global abolition by signing up to a Nuclear Weapons Convention. CND is also opposed to new nuclear power stations being built in the UK. Historically, the group is particularly remembered for its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldermaston_Marches Aldermaston Marches].
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Other anti-nuclear groups in the UK include:
 
Other anti-nuclear groups in the UK include:
  
*Campaign Against Nuclear Radiation And Storage<ref>[http://www.westcountrylinks.co.uk/cansar/ CANSAR]</ref>
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* [http://www.aldermaston.net/ Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp(aign)]
*Christian CND
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* [http://www.banng.org.uk/index.html Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group] (Essex, east England)
*Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment <ref>http://www.corecumbria.co.uk/</ref>
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* [http://www.westcountrylinks.co.uk/cansar/ Campaign Against Nuclear Storage and Radiation] (south-west England)
*Friends of the Earth (EWNI)
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* [http://ccnd.gn.apc.org/ Christian CND]
*Friends of the Earth Scotland
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* [http://close-capenhurst.org.uk Close Capenhurst Campaign]
*Greenpeace
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* [http://www.suffolkcane.org.uk/ Communities Against Nuclear Expansion] (Suffolk, east England)
*Labour CND
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* [http://www.corecumbria.co.uk/ Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment] (north-west England]
*No 2 Nuclear Power<ref>[http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/ News and information about the UK nuclear industry]</ref>
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* [http://www.earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/nuclear Earth First!]
*No New Nukes<ref>[http://nonewnukes.ukrivers.net/ No new nukes!]</ref>
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* [http://faslane.co.nr Faslane Peace Camp] (Scotland)
*Nuclear Pledge<ref>[http://www.nuclearpledge.com/ Welcome to Nuclear Pledge]</ref>
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* [http://www.foe.co.uk/ Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland]
*Nuclear Spin<ref>[http://www.nuclearspin.org/index.php/Main_Page Nuclear Spin]</ref>
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* [http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/ Friends of the Earth Scotland]
*NukeWatch
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* [http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/ Greenpeace UK]
*People Against Wylfa B (Pawb)<ref>[http://www.stop-wylfa.org.uk Pawb Website]</ref>
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* [http://www.kare-uk.org/ Kent Against a Radioactive Environment] (south-east England)
*Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
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* [http://www.labourcnd.org.uk/ Labour CND]
*Stop Hinkley<ref>[http://www.stophinkley.org/StopPress.htm Stop Hinkley]</ref>
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* [http://www.llrc.org/ Low Level Radiation Campaign]
*Trident Ploughshares
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* [http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/ No 2 Nuclear Power]
*WWF-UK<ref>[http://www.wwf.org.uk/news/n_0000002075.asp Nuclear is too little, too late and too dangerous]</ref>
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* [http://nonewnukes.ukrivers.net/ No New Nukes]
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* [http://www.nuclearpolicy.info/ Nuclear-Free Local Authorities]
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* [http://stopnuclearpoweruk.net/ Stop Nuclear Power Network] ''(formerly [http://stopnuclearpower.blogspot.com/ Nuclear People Power])''
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** c/o 5 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9DX, United Kingdom, +44 845-2872381, [mailto:networkATstopnuclearpoweruk.net network AT stopnuclearpoweruk.net]{{Spamprotection}}
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** other internet contacts: [mailto:campaignATstopnewnuclear.org.uk campaign AT stopnewnuclear.org.uk]{{Spamprotection}}, http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk
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** Stop New Nuclear is a campaign to stop new nuclear power stations and is an alliance of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, CND Cymru, Stop Nuclear Power Network UK, Kick Nuclear, South West Against Nuclear, Shutdown Sizewell, Sizewell Blockaders, Trident Ploughshares, Stop Hinkley, and Rising Tide UK.
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* [http://www.nuclearpledge.com/ Nuclear Pledge]
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* [http://www.nuclearspin.org/index.php/Main_Page Nuclear Spin]
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* [http://www.nonucleartrains.org.uk/ Nuclear Trains Action Group]
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* [http://www.nukewatch.org.uk/ NukeWatch]
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* [http://www.stop-wylfa.org.uk People Against Wylfa B (PAWB)] (north Wales)
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* [http://web.mac.com/mariannebirkby1/iWeb/Radiation%20Free%20Lakeland/Radiation%20Free%20Lakeland.html Radiation-Free Lakeland] (Cumbria, north-west England)
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* [http://www.banthebomb.org/ Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]
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* [http://www.shutdown-sizewell.org.uk Shut Down Sizewell] (Suffolk, east England)
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* [http://www.stophinkley.org/StopPress.htm Stop Hinkley / Shut Oldbury] (Somerset/Gloucestershire, south-west/west England)
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* [https://www.facebook.com/SouthWestAgainstNuclear/ SouthWest Against Nuclear]
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* [http://www.tridentploughshares.org Trident Ploughshares]
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* [http://www.wwf.org.uk/news_feed.cfm?2163/Nuclear_power_unnecessary_and_unsustainable WWF-UK]
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* [http://www.zna.org.uk/ Zombies for a Nuclear Apocalypse]
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Major political parties clearly in favour of unilateral nuclear disarmament:
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* Green Party of England & Wales
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* Green Party of Northern Ireland
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* Scottish Green Party
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* Scottish Nationalist Party
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Major political parties clearly opposed to new nuclear power plants:
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* Green Party of England & Wales
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* Green Party of Northern Ireland
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* [http://www.libdems.org.uk/news_detail.aspx?title=Hughes%3a_New_nuclear_power_stations_a_colossal_mistake&pPK=2abda4ff-9970-4ab2-8829-ec8cd9786a5f Liberal Democrats]
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* Scottish Green Party
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* [http://www.snp.org/node/15328 Scottish Nationalist Party]
  
 
==Academics==
 
==Academics==
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*Angie Zelter
 
*Angie Zelter
 
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== Short Infos ==
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* [http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=2968 Broken Promises] By Chris Grimshaw & Olaf Bayer- Corporate Watch's new report on the civil nuclear industry.
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* [http://ukrivers.net/nonewnukes/ nonewnukes] is a campaign sponsored by the [http://www.ukrivers.net/ UK Rivers Network], an organization whose mission includes protecting British and Irish rivers, seas, and other inland waters from pollution.
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* [http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/ no2nuclearpower.org.uk] | [http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/maillist Mailinglist] | [http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/Chernobyl-UK.php dynamic map 'What if Chernobyl happened here?']
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* [http://www.foe.co.uk/england/ friends of the earth | england] | [http://www.foe.co.uk/england/news/building_site_britain.html Building Site Map]
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* [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Nuclear_spin NuclearSpin] was originally launched in response to the British Government's 12-week consultation on energy in 2006. In 2007, the High Court ruled that the Government's plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations were "unlawful"
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* [http://www.largeassociates.com largeassociates], London | [http://www.largeassociates.com/forthcomingevents.htm events]
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== Some past events ==
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{{:Past Events in the United Kingdom}}
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
 
*[[Anti-nuclear movement in France]]
 
*[[Anti-nuclear movement in France]]
 
*[[Anti-nuclear movement in Germany]]
 
*[[Anti-nuclear movement in Germany]]
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*[[Non-nuclear future]]
 
*[[Non-nuclear future]]
 
*[[Nuclear controversy]]
 
*[[Nuclear controversy]]
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 5 March 2019

Upcoming Events

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In January 2008 the UK government announced plans to build new nuclear power stations, and the anti-nuclear movement in the United Kingdom has voiced concerns. There are also public concerns about the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Many different groups and individuals have been involved in demonstrations and protests over the years. The Nuclear Contribution to Climate Change in the UK is much higher than thought because of the HFC emissions of the nuclear plant in Sellafield.


Latest Developments

The British government plans the construction of new nuclear power plants in the UK. The Infrastructure Planning Commission project list[1] includes::

  • Hinkley C, Somerset (EDF) - 2 Aug 2010
    • Rolls-Royce signed in January 2019 a contract to provide backup power for Hinkley C (4 x 3,600 kW)[2]
  • Sizewell C, Suffolk (EDF) - 1 Jun 2011
  • Sizewell C connector, Bramford to Twinstead, 26km overhead line - 1 Jun 2011
  • Hinkley Point connector, Bridgwater to Seabank, 60km overhead line - 1 Aug 2011
  • Wylfa, Anglesey (Horizon = E.ON + RWE npower) - 1 Nov 2011
  • Oldbury, Gloucestershire (Horizon = E.ON + RWE npower) - 1 Nov 2011


Background

In 1976, the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution found that it would be "morally wrong" to make a major commitment to nuclear power without first demonstrating a safe way of isolating radioactive waste. Yet the UK is about to embark on a programme to build at least 10 new reactors while still lacking a disposal site for waste from the past 50 years. According to a New Scientist report, spent fuel from the new reactors will be far more radioactive than existing waste.[3][4]


Specific groups

One of the most prominent and long-standing anti-nuclear groups in the UK is the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), which marked its 50th anniversary in February 2008. CND campaigns for nuclear disarmament by the UK and all countries and tighter international regulation through treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It is currently pressuring the British government to abandon its plans to replace its submarine-based Trident nuclear missile system and commit to global abolition by signing up to a Nuclear Weapons Convention. CND is also opposed to new nuclear power stations being built in the UK. Historically, the group is particularly remembered for its Aldermaston Marches.

Other anti-nuclear groups in the UK include:

Major political parties clearly in favour of unilateral nuclear disarmament:

  • Green Party of England & Wales
  • Green Party of Northern Ireland
  • Scottish Green Party
  • Scottish Nationalist Party

Major political parties clearly opposed to new nuclear power plants:

Academics

In 2008, several prominent UK academics spoke out against the government's proposal to build a new generation of nuclear power plants:[6][7]

  • Frank Barnaby
  • Paul Dorfman
  • David Elliott
  • Kate Hudson
  • Jerome Ravetz
  • Andy Stirling
  • Stephen Thomas
  • Gordon Walker

Other individuals

  • Damon Albarn
  • Pat Arrowsmith
  • Meg Beresford
  • Janet Bloomfield
  • Canon John Collins
  • Jeremy Corbyn
  • Peggy Duff
  • David Fleming
  • Martin Forwood[8]
  • Olive Gibbs
  • Ali Hewson
  • Hugh Jenkins
  • Paul Johns
  • Rosie Kane
  • Bruce Kent
  • Marghanita Laski
  • David Lowry
  • Jean McSorley
  • Pete Roche
  • Joan Ruddock
  • Marjorie Thompson
  • Walter Wolfgang
  • Angie Zelter


Short Infos


Some past events



See also


References

  1. http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/?page_id=202
  2. https://www.energylivenews.com/2019/01/31/rolls-royce-inks-deal-for-hinkley-backup-power/ as of 5 March 2019
  3. Editorial: Nuclear industry must not forget past lessons
  4. Nuclear super-fuel gets too hot to handle
  5. 5.0 5.1 For protection against automatical email address robots searching for addresses to send spam to them this email address has been made unreadable for them. To get a correct mail address you have to displace "AT" by the @-symbol.
  6. Scientists take on Brown over nuclear plans
  7. Nuclear Consultation: Public Trust in Government
  8. Fears over nuclear waste transport plan


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