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]
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]
‘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]
Bradwell B – is it the end of the road for the ‘golden relationship’ with China?
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]