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The Turning of the Tide?
Andy Blowers looks back over recent events and asks if there are signs that the tide has turned on Bradwell B in the BANNG column for the January 2021 edition of Regional Life magazine. ‘For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, Far back through creeks and inlets making … [Continue Reading]
It’s here because it’s here…
Andy Blowers reveals why Bradwell B came to be in the December 2020 column for Regional Life magazine If we were starting from scratch is it conceivable that the low-lying Dengie peninsula and the shallow Blackwater estuary could be chosen as a site for a gigantic two reactor, 2 GW power station, including cooling towers … [Continue Reading]
Climate change – Will Bradwell B sink the UK’s nuclear energy programme?
Andrew Blowers explains why climate change may spell the end for Bradwell B and big nuclear power projects in the BANNG column for Regional Life November 2020. Bradwell B – no solution to climate change In the Foreword to its recent Consultation, the developer, BRB, asserts: ‘Bradwell B would make a vital contribution to meeting … [Continue Reading]
Is Bradwell B dead in the (Black)water?
Andy Blowers, chair of BANNG, considers this question in the October 2020 edition of Regional Life magazine. Over recent months the Bradwell B issue has moved so fast it has been difficult to keep up. Having spent twelve years leading BANNG, chasing the shadowy prospect of a new nuclear power station at Bradwell, its sudden, … [Continue Reading]
Suddenly it’s becoming exciting as Bradwell B gets political
Andy Blowers, Chair of BANNG, asks if recent council decisions will prove a decisive turning point in the BANNG column for Regional Life, September 2020 Councils’ initial response Bradwell B has been transformed from being, for most people, a subliminal, vague and distant idea to becoming a palpable, imminent, if still virtual reality. Suddenly the … [Continue Reading]
BANNG column for Regional Life – August 2020
Andy Blowers asks if the hectic activity over the Bradwell nuclear project represents the dénouement or merely another stage in a long journey towards an unpredictable end game. Since the beginning of this year, during the coronavirus emergency, the conflict over a new nuclear power station at Bradwell has come to a head. This is … [Continue Reading]
The coming of Bradwell B. What once seemed incredible is now the ‘new normal’
Andy Blowers, social scientist and Chair of BANNG, considers the social transformation that Bradwell B could bring in the July 2020 column for Regional Life. We live in strange times. Just as the coronavirus began its lethal spread, the plans for a new nuclear power station at Bradwell were launched. For the past four months … [Continue Reading]
Small nuclear reactors – another nuclear fantasy
Peter Banks, BANNG Co-ordinator, concludes that advanced nuclear technologies are no answer for Bradwell in the March 2020 column for Regional Life #23 Published 5th February 2020 – Small Modular Reactors (Part 1)… The nuclear industry has championed a rosy future for their anachronistic technology with the expression “Nuclear Renaissance”. In reality the programme of … [Continue Reading]
Should Bradwell B carry on at a time of Coronavirus?
Andy Blowers questions if doing so is in the public interest in the BANNG column for Regional Life June 2020 (no May edition) Coronavirus provides a shock requiring immediate and profound changes in the way we live. Travel is suspended, gatherings forbidden, the economy paused and society is in lockdown while we stay apart and … [Continue Reading]