PRESS RELEASE – 8 September, 2021 Climate Change the big issue for nuclear power on the East coast According to Andrew Blowers, Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at the Open University, Climate Change has become the overriding issue facing the future of the proposed Sizewell C and Bradwell B nuclear power projects on the East … [Continue Reading]
BANNG welcomes news of possible Chinese withdrawal from Bradwell… (but counsels caution)
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]
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]
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]
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]
What does the loss of a new nuclear power station at Wylfa mean for Bradwell B?
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]
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]