Andy Blowers speculates on the real reason behind the Environment Agency’s recent public consultation on Bradwell B in the BANNG column for the April 2021 edition of Regional Life magazine Time to regroup The February announcement by Chinese nuclear developer, CGN, that it would pause all project work and engagement on Bradwell B for ‘at … [Continue Reading]
If Wylfa falls can Bradwell be far behind?
Andy Blowers asks if the demise of Wylfa sets a precedent for Bradwell B in the March 2021 edition of Regional Life. On the remote northern coast of Anglesey, facing the grey rollers of the Irish Sea is a huge concrete sarcophagus. Two huge cylindrical blocks linked together and clad in block colours of green, … [Continue Reading]
Is this the end of the road for Bradwell B?
Press Release – 16 February, 2021 The Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) considers the announcement by BRB, the UK division of China General Nuclear (CGN), that engagement and all active project work on Bradwell B will be paused for at least a year indicates a significant reversal for the project. Despite urging the developer … [Continue Reading]
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The Turning of the Tide?
Andy Blowers looks back over recent events and asks if there are signs that the tide has turned on Bradwell B in the BANNG column for the January 2021 edition of Regional Life magazine. ‘For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, Far back through creeks and inlets making … [Continue Reading]
BANNG Press Release – 5th January 2021
Maldon District Council’s suggestion that Small Modular Reactors could be considered for Bradwell flies entirely in the face of its recent pronouncements. At its meeting on 17 December, Maldon District Council (MDC) voted by a majority of one in favour of a recommendation from its Bradwell B Working Group to send a letter to the … [Continue Reading]
It’s here because it’s here…
Andy Blowers reveals why Bradwell B came to be in the December 2020 column for Regional Life magazine If we were starting from scratch is it conceivable that the low-lying Dengie peninsula and the shallow Blackwater estuary could be chosen as a site for a gigantic two reactor, 2 GW power station, including cooling towers … [Continue Reading]
Climate change – Will Bradwell B sink the UK’s nuclear energy programme?
Andrew Blowers explains why climate change may spell the end for Bradwell B and big nuclear power projects in the BANNG column for Regional Life November 2020. Bradwell B – no solution to climate change In the Foreword to its recent Consultation, the developer, BRB, asserts: ‘Bradwell B would make a vital contribution to meeting … [Continue Reading]
climate change – hubris or nemesis for nuclear power?
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Is Bradwell B dead in the (Black)water?
Andy Blowers, chair of BANNG, considers this question in the October 2020 edition of Regional Life magazine. Over recent months the Bradwell B issue has moved so fast it has been difficult to keep up. Having spent twelve years leading BANNG, chasing the shadowy prospect of a new nuclear power station at Bradwell, its sudden, … [Continue Reading]