Press Release – 22 September, 2020 News that the Japanese investor, Hitachi, has pulled the plug on the Wylfa new nuclear plant in North Wales has repercussions for the new nuclear projects on the East Coast, Sizewell C and Bradwell B, says Prof. Andy Blowers, Chair of the Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG). The … [Continue Reading]
Suddenly it’s becoming exciting as Bradwell B gets political
Andy Blowers, Chair of BANNG, asks if recent council decisions will prove a decisive turning point in the BANNG column for Regional Life, September 2020 Councils’ initial response Bradwell B has been transformed from being, for most people, a subliminal, vague and distant idea to becoming a palpable, imminent, if still virtual reality. Suddenly the … [Continue Reading]
Maldon District Council deals another blow to Chinese hopes for Bradwell B
Press Release – 24 August, 2020 Maldon District Councillors, at a second time of asking, have pressed home their overwhelming rejection of Chinese developer CGN’s application for land investigations in connection with a proposed new nuclear power station at Bradwell. Chair of the Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG), Prof. Andy Blowers, commented: ‘Maldon has … [Continue Reading]
Maldon District Council Planning Committee re-affirms refusal of BRB Planning Application.
STOP PRESS! – 21 August, 2020 The District Planning Committee of Maldon District Council has dealt a double blow to the plans of the developer of Bradwell B, BRB, to undertake further land investigations at its site. As a result of legal advice received, the Committee had been asked to reconsider at a meeting on … [Continue Reading]
BANNG delighted at Colchester Borough Council’s decision to oppose Bradwell B
Press Release – 13 August, 2020 BANNG welcomes the overwhelming rejection of proposals for a new nuclear power station at Bradwell. A Special Meeting of the Council on 12 August voted unanimously for a policy motion put by Council Leader Mark Cory that ‘This Council objects to new nuclear at Bradwell due to the local … [Continue Reading]
BANNG column for Regional Life – August 2020
Andy Blowers asks if the hectic activity over the Bradwell nuclear project represents the dénouement or merely another stage in a long journey towards an unpredictable end game. Since the beginning of this year, during the coronavirus emergency, the conflict over a new nuclear power station at Bradwell has come to a head. This is … [Continue Reading]
Maldon District Council Refuses Permission for ground investigations that would be precursor of new Bradwell B nuclear power station.
Press Release – 14 July, 2020 At its meeting on 9 July, the full Maldon District Council (MDC) comprehensively refused to grant Planning Permission to the Chinese developer, BRB, to carry out further ground investigations at the Bradwell B site. 24 Councillors voted against the Planning Application, 2 abstained and the Leader excluded himself from … [Continue Reading]
Chinese plans for Bradwell B new nuclear power station dealt a bolt from the blue
STOP PRESS – 9th July 2020 Maldon District Council Planning Committee’s comprehensive rejection today of the Chinese state-backed nuclear developer’s (CGN) application for permission to undertake ground investigations came like a bolt from the blue. For so long a firm supporter of a new nuclear power station at Bradwell, Maldon has done a complete volte-face. … [Continue Reading]
The coming of Bradwell B. What once seemed incredible is now the ‘new normal’
Andy Blowers, social scientist and Chair of BANNG, considers the social transformation that Bradwell B could bring in the July 2020 column for Regional Life. We live in strange times. Just as the coronavirus began its lethal spread, the plans for a new nuclear power station at Bradwell were launched. For the past four months … [Continue Reading]
‘Bradwell is unsustainable, unsuitable and unacceptable as a site for a massive, new nuclear power station. The proposal must be rejected’, says BANNG
Press Release – 16 June, 2020 Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) has called for the Bradwell B project as a whole to be rejected. Launching BANNG’s detailed response to the proposals from the Chinese developer, BRB, Andy Blowers, Chair of BANNG said, ‘This is not a done deal as CGN would have us believe. … [Continue Reading]