(BANNG Paper No. 33) Overview The Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) was established in 2008, ‘to seek to protect the people and environment of the River Blackwater estuary and its surrounding area, now and in the future, from the risks and dangers of radioactivity by preventing the further development of nuclear activity in the … [Continue Reading]
BANNG comments re CGN/EDF Bradwell B Planning Application for Preliminary Investigative Works No. 17/01128
Urgent Action Needed – Your Oppose Bradwell B Toolkit
Please take a moment to read this letter from Varrie Blowers and use the provided template to guide your response: Dear all, After a long, quiet period, it is becoming clear that things are beginning to move with regard to the proposed Bradwell B nuclear power station. The first stage of the Generic Design Assessment … [Continue Reading]
Column for Estuary Life, April, 2017 – Nine Years of the Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) and its continuing fight against new nuclear development at Bradwell
The Government has now given the go-ahead for the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process for the Chinese Hualong 1 reactor, proposed for use at a new nuclear power station at Bradwell (Bradwell B). This represents the first step in the approvals process by the UK’s nuclear regulators. The GDA will take several years to complete … [Continue Reading]
Letter sent by EDF and CGN to residents living near the Bradwell site, November 2015
Letter to Secy. of State for Energy, 07.02.14 re FED discharges
The Rt. Hon. Edward Davey, MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Department of Energy and Climate Change Dear Mr. Davey I am writing to you about the proposal by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to dissolve fuel element debris (FED) at Bradwell, which will result in aqueous discharges of radionuclides, nitrates and … [Continue Reading]
Letter to Secy. of State for Environment, 07.02.14 re FED discharges
The Rt. Hon. Owen Paterson, MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Dear Mr. Paterson, I am writing to you about the proposal by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to dissolve fuel element debris (FED) at Bradwell, which will result in aqueous discharges of radionuclides, … [Continue Reading]
Letter to Chief Exeuctive, NDA, 07.02.14 re FED discharges
Mr. John Clarke, Chief Executive, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Dear Mr. Clarke, Proposed Aqueous Disharges from FED Dissolution at Bradwell I am writing to you on behalf of the Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) to request you formally not to proceed with the proposed aqueous disharges containing radionuclides, nitrates and heavy metals into the Blackwater … [Continue Reading]