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************************************************************ * NukeNews #23 - Anti-Nuclear Information Service * ************************************************************ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Preface ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Outline of the current NukeNews issue #23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Preface 1. Hinkley?- What's the Point 2. California to close its last nuclear facility 3. BY: New incident with reactor vessel confirms old problems 4. CZ: Platform Against Deep Repository 5. Czech Ministry of the Environment gave a one-year deadline to state enterprise DIAMO 6. New Years Eve nuclear waste site flood alert virtually unreported 7. Radioactive Waste on the Irish Sea bed resuspended by NuGen's borehole drilling - no debate-no vote-no nothing XX. Upcoming events YY. About NukeNews ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hinkley?- What's the Point ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After France made it's final decision to go ahead with Hinkley Point C reactor the new unelected UK Prime Minister Theresa May called the project in for review over security concerns about Chinese involvement. However after initially stating that a decision would be made in October, May capitulated to Nuclear & Construction industry interests & gave the go-ahead. Sunday 18th September saw a demonstration of anti-nuclear groups in Bristol against the decision. representatives from SouthWest Against Nuclear & Stop Hinkley spoke out against the deal & urged citizens to take action against the deal which represents a very bad deal for UK electricity consumers, All of the mainstream media and economic analysts are now against the project & wondering why the government are hell-bent on going ahead - we know the answer to this - weapons, nuclear is still & always has been a military project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. California to close its last nuclear facility ---------------------------------------------------------------------- As is probably known the state's largest electric company decided to shut down Diablo Canyon this past summer. The closure proposal went before state regulators starting in September. A number of groups have filed demands before the regulator to close Diablo earlier than the proposed date of 2024. In a surprise move, the judge has agreed to listen to our arguments. The decision won't be known until May of 2017. Another group has filed a separate lawsuit demanding that Diablo be closed in 2018. As part of the Diablo closure aging activists that go back to anti-nuke campaigns from the late 1950's onward came together in late October for a brief reunion to remember and celebrate. Many nukes were never opened thanks to dedicated individuals and groups that got their start here. Southern California activists are demanding that the spent fuel rods from San Onofre nuke (near Los Angeles that was closed in 2013) be moved as soon as possible over concerns that the dry cask units are not seismically safe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. BY: New incident with reactor vessel confirms old problems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems important to stress out that nuclear experts were in no hurry (or maybe they had no intention) to inform about the incident. This time, the emergency situation was reported by the readers of the charter97.org website. It was a bit later when the official website of the Belarusian NPP construction informed that "in a reduced clearance, the protecting metallic transportation cover of the oversize cargo (the reactor vessel for the Belarusian NPP) insignificantly touched the catenary mast." It remains unclear what they meant by "touched the catenary mast", whether the mast is in order, and whether the reactor vessel is in order. Do you remember how this summer (2016) the nuclear experts of Belarus and Russia assured us of the non-significance of the damage at first? And then it turned out the reactor vessel needed replacement... Read the complete article: http://charter97.org/en/news/2016/12/27/235754/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CZ: Platform Against Deep Repository ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In the Czech Republic, there are currently 9 potential sites for a deep geological repository since May 2016, in most of them local residents disagree with the repository, and a "Platform Against Deep Repository", which brings together 28 municipalities and NGOs in December 2016, was founded on October 4, 2016. To find out more see Calla's press releases on http://calla.cz/index.php?lang=eng&path=e_energy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Czech Ministry of the Environment gave a one-year deadline to state enterprise DIAMO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Under pressure from locals in Brzkov, the Ministry of the Environment gave the state enterprise DIAMO the one-year deadline (by June 30, 2017) to obtain the missing documents in order to be able to apply for the extension of the protected deposit area (CHLÚ) in Brzkov-Horní Věžnice. The CHLÚ means a step closer to the mining and the obstacle for the development of the municipality. Based on the original schedule, the extension of CHLÚ should have been finished by August 2015, but it hasn't. Part of the missing documents is also the recalculation of uranium reserves on the basis of a new geological survey. In December 2016, DIAMO declared that it will not conduct any new geological survey in order to find out the exact amount of uranium reserves at the deposit Brzkov-Horní Věžnice. Instead, it will just recalculate the reserves and then it will be able to extend the existing CHLÚ by approximately six times. Local municipalities, landowners and the association Our Future Without Uranium represented by a lawyer have got a different opinion and they will continue to defend themselves. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. New Years Eve nuclear waste site flood alert virtually unreported ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Stream Media did not report dangers of flooding to UK’s Drigg Nuclear Waste Site “The Ecologist highlights a UK Environment Agency alert about the River Irt which is adjacent to Drigg described as a nuclear waste repository. Basically however it’s simply a ‘nuclear landfill site’... Read the complete story: https://nuclear-news.net/2016/01/07/mainstream-media-did-not-report-dangers-of-flooding-to-uks-drigg-nulcear-waste-site/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Radioactive Waste on the Irish Sea bed resuspended by NuGen's borehole drilling - no debate-no vote-no nothing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Radiation Free Lakeland sent letter of objection: NuGen’s 40 (or more) offshore “exploratory” boreholes would churn up the biggest nuclear dump in the world. The only chance the public gets to object is in what the Marine Management Organisation laughingly calls a "public consultation". In contrast the wind turbines off Walney were hugely debated by local councillors, one of the concerns being (quite rightly) the churning up of radioactive silts. 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Upcoming events ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to send us your local and international events for the large upcoming events collection on Nuclear Heritage Network website, and for this extract in the NukeNews! http://upcoming.nuclear-heritage.net probably 2017: Castor transport Resistance in France and Germany 01/03/17-01/04/17: Main hearing on the Environmental Court on SKB's application to build KBS3 at District Court, in Nacka (S) http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Castor_Resistance_in_Germany_2017 http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/kbshuvudforhandling-md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YY. About NukeNews ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NukeNews is a multilingual newsletter system of the Nuclear Heritage Network. It reflects the activities, topics and struggles of anti-nuclear activists connected through this international community. The messages are written and translated by activists, additionally to their usual anti-nuclear activities. The newsletter aims to inform and update as well activists as the interested audience. Your contributions to the NukeNews are welcome! Send them via email to "newsletter AT nuclear-heritage DOT net". The text should be very brief and in English. Please don't make it longer than one paragraph. We need a concise headline for your article, and you can add a link to a webpage providing more information. Deadline for the 24th issue of the NukeNews is 26th of March, 2017. Spread the word and learn more about the NukeNews: http://NukeNews.Nuclear-Heritage.NET