Flooding at Mersea Island the morning after the Great Tide. (Photograph courtesy of Brian Jay) Andy Blowers asks what might happen at Bradwell if the East coast floods again as in 1953 in the BANNG Column for Regional Life July 2019. ‘It was now that wind and sea in concert leaped forward to their triumph’ … [Continue Reading]
Chernobyl – it could not happen here – could it?
In his column in the Regional Life magazine for June Andrew Blowers asks what might happen if a major nuclear accident happened at Bradwell? The ultimate disaster It is now a third of a century since the world’s greatest nuclear disaster occurred at around midnight on April 26, 1986. Chernobyl is both the symbol and … [Continue Reading]
Into the Abyss – Press Release 4th June 2019
Prof. Andy Blowers, Chair of the Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) asks, ‘What would be the impact in the highly unlikely but not entirely impossible event of a major nuclear accident at a nuclear power station on the East Coast, at Sizewell or at Bradwell?’ The catastrophe at Chernobyl, thirty-three years ago, has grimly … [Continue Reading]
Nuclear Wasteland – Composite of articles by Prof. Andy Blowers first appearing in Town and Country Planning
To download this Nuclear Monitor as a single PDF file, click here. To read the articles online click here. This double-issue of Nuclear Monitor is a series of six articles written by Prof. Andrew Blowers OBE, all concerned with nuclear waste. Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at The Open University and is presently … [Continue Reading]
Is the Nuclear Industry telling us Fact, Fiction or Spin? Unpacking the Nuclear propaganda machine
Let the Sun take the Strain…
Dave Elliott, Emeritus Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University, argues that renewables, not nuclear power, are the way forward for energy as our guest writer for the BANNG Column for Regional Life, May 2019 The Sun newspaper recently ran an article claiming that ‘Britain will face power cuts unless the Government steps up … [Continue Reading]
Look what might be coming our way soon…
Andy Blowers ponders the Sizewell C development and what may eventually befall Bradwell in the BANNG Column for Regional Life, April, 2019 ‘The evening has come, and the tide still rises. Soon it will be over the saltings. The breeze is strengthening. Night and wind and tide are moving in together. A primrose sky has … [Continue Reading]
SIZEWELL C STAGE 3 PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION (BANNG PAPER NO. 40)
INTRODUCTION – Reject the Whole Proposal BANNG’s primary purpose is to oppose the development of new nuclear power at Bradwell in Essex. We also have an interest in generic and specific processes and proposals for new nuclear developments which may have a bearing on the Bradwell development. Our response to the Sizewell application reflects a … [Continue Reading]
Is Bradwell B a risk to national security?
Andy Blowers considers whether the ‘golden relationship’ with China might be a Trojan Horse in the BANNG Column for Regional Life March 2019. The state visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, in October 2015 proclaimed the beginning of a ‘golden era’ in Sino-British relations. The deal was sealed with the promise that China would … [Continue Reading]