Press Release – 26 July, 2021 The Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) has welcomed the news of the possible withdrawal of the Chinese project to build a gigantic nuclear power station at Bradwell but has struck a note of caution. ‘BANNG has campaigned against a new nuclear power station at Bradwell for the past … [Continue Reading]
No Room for Nuclear…
David Elliott, Emeritus Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University, explains why renewables are the power of the future in the July 2021 column for Regional Life. The flat landscape of the Dengie peninsula is punctuated by the massive grey blue hulk of the former Bradwell A nuclear power station and by a line … [Continue Reading]
Bradwell is no soft touch for Nuclear’s Fusion Fantasy
The announcement that Bradwell is on the long list of fifteen sites being considered as a possible site for the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant has gone down like a lead balloon. Chair of the Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANG) Professor Andy Blowers, described the proposal to develop fusion, essentially the process that goes … [Continue Reading]
BANNG Press Release – 8th June 2021
‘Unsustainable, unmanageable, unacceptable and unsuitable’. Nuclear waste expert urges Government to ditch both Bradwell B and Sizewell C projects now. An international expert on radioactive waste management and sustainable development has written to the Sizewell C Examining Authority declaring that both Bradwell B and Sizewell C should be abandoned as a whole now to avoid … [Continue Reading]
Essex Heritage Coastlands – a world we must not lose
Andy Blowers suggests we need to find a phrase that captures the essence of the Essex Coast in the June 2021 column for Regional Life. What do you think? The Essex coastline is remarkable for its length, at 350 miles the longest of any county in England, its more than thirty islands and its estuaries, … [Continue Reading]
Bradwell B – What’s all the fuss about?
Andy Blowers looks at why radioactive risk generates anxiety and opposition to nuclear energy in the BANNG Column for Regional Life May 2021 What is it about nuclear energy that causes most people instinctively to react against proposals such as the new nuclear project at Bradwell? The answer is, it is all about RADIOACTIVE RISK, … [Continue Reading]
What’s it all about?
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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