Press Release – 26th May 2020 The ‘golden era’ in relations between Britain and China which gave birth to the prospect of a Chinese nuclear power station on the Blackwater appears to be foundering less than five years after its triumphant proclamation at the State Visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, in October 2015. … [Continue Reading]
Stop Bradwell B Consultation NOW!
Press Release – 19 May, 2020 The Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) has repeated its call for the public consultation on plans for a new nuclear power station at Bradwell to be halted and rerun at a time when the coronavirus crisis is over. ‘We are amazed that the developer, CGN, is urging people … [Continue Reading]
Maldon District Council must hold off granting Bradwell B site investigations
Press Release – 5 May, 2020 Now is not the time for Maldon District Council to be considering whether to permit the Chinese nuclear developer, CGN, to undertake extensive site investigations on the Dengie Peninsula that could prepare the ground for the building of a new nuclear power station. The Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group … [Continue Reading]
Continuing with Bradwell B public consultation is not in the public interest
Press Release – 13th April 2020 In the past weeks BANNG has been writing to the Chinese developer of Bradwell B pressing it to cancel its pre-application public consultation on its proposals for a new nuclear power station and long-term, highly radioactive waste stores at Bradwell and, if necessary, rerun it when the country is … [Continue Reading]
BANNG Press Release – 19th March 2020
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]
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]
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]
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]