Calls for Bradwell B new nuclear power station public consultation to be halted. In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, Bradwell B has cancelled two-thirds of the exhibitions it had planned as part of its public consultation on its proposals for a new nuclear power station. But, the company is still calling for feedback on … [Continue Reading]
BANNG Press Release – 10th March 2020
Bradwell B plans more horrendous than feared. But it is NOT a done deal! Plans for a new nuclear power station at Bradwell have been released. The Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG), which has campaigned against the project for the last eleven years, has expressed its concern at the scale, devastation, pollution and danger … [Continue Reading]
STOP PRESS!!! Chinese developer to start pre-application consultation on Bradwell B (BRB) imminently…
With reference to the Press Release entitled: ‘Chinese nuclear developer taking a gamble on premature proposal’, which was distributed to you recently, we have just found out that GNSL is proposing to start the pre-application consultation on 4th March 2020.There will be a series of exhibitions around the Blackwater estuary. Click to view the first … [Continue Reading]
Press Release – 20th February 2020 – URGENT!
Chinese nuclear developer taking a gamble on premature proposal for Bradwell B General Nuclear System Limited (GNSL), the Chinese-led company seeking to build a mammoth new nuclear power station at Bradwell, has suddenly announced it will be launching its pre-application public consultation on 4th March 2020. There was no mention of this in the February … [Continue Reading]
Press Release – 18th February 2020
Chinese nuclear developer taking a gamble on premature proposal for Bradwell B. The Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) has learned that GNSL, the Chinese-led company seeking to build a mammoth new nuclear power station at Bradwell, is preparing to launch its pre-application public consultation for planning permission later this year. This will be long … [Continue Reading]
BANNG continues to… keep BANNGing on!
Varrie Blowers looks forward to what 2020 may hold for new nuclear and reviews BANNG’s activities through 2019 column in the February 2020 edition of Regional Life. It may appear that all has been quiet on the eastern front in the recent past but Chinese developer, CGN, seems intent on carrying out its plans to … [Continue Reading]
Get Climate Done…
As we enter a new year, Andy Blowers muses on the massive challenge of climate change that lies ahead, globally and locally, in the column for Regional Life, January 2020. While there is some relief that the General Election is over, it does not feel like ‘glad confident morning again!’ (Robert Browning). On the environment … [Continue Reading]
Climate Change and Bradwell B – time to nip it in the bud?
Andy Blowers ponders a major local environmental issue in the BANNG column for Regional Life, December, 2019 As I write this, and for the first time in my recollection, environmental issues have claimed consistent public and political attention during a General Election campaign. Pretty well everyone now recognises that climate change is the most palpable … [Continue Reading]
Anything goes – as long as it’s nuclear power?!
In the BANNG column for Regional Life in November 2019 Andy Blowers considers it wrong that consumers and taxpayers should be made to subsidise foreign companies to provide nuclear power Renewables now provide over a third of electricity consumed in the UK and their costs continue to fall. The latest contracts for offshore wind are … [Continue Reading]
The Show Must (NOT) Go On!
Andy Blowers ponders the question, ‘Why, since Bradwell B is such a futile project, don’t the regulators stop it now?’ in the BANNG column for Regional Life, October, 2019 Why is it that so often decision makers fail to see or, perversely, choose to ignore the blindingly obvious? This thought occurred to me during a … [Continue Reading]