Nuclear Consulting Group
The website aims to provide clear and independent information and analysis of the range of nuclear new build issues in the UK, and ask questions that need to be answered, including: how will significant ‘what if’ issues — such as nuclear fuel supply and manufacture, vulnerability to attack, accident and incident, rad-waste, radiation risk, decommissioning, reactor siting, nuclear costs and liabilities — be taken into account?
Nuclear Communities: listen and be heard
Time: 6.30–8.30pm, Tuesday 29 November 2011
Place: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Ipswich IP1 1DH
Why: New nuclear reactors are being planned in East Anglia, at Sizewell and Bradwell. Get Involved. The speakers are high-level opponents of proposed new nuclear..
Who will be there: People from Ipswich, people living near proposed new-build, MPs, local councilors, local authorities, environmental groups, academics, experts, Nuclear and environmental regulators, nuclear industry, government departments, academics, students, media and press.
What will happen: This is an open and free public meeting – all are welcome.
Fukushima: Dr Paul Dorfman interview
Post-Fukushima
The human and environmental nuclear tragedy at the stricken Fukushima site continues to unfold. Although there seems little can be done to mitigate the long-term effects of this disaster, there still is time to learn fundamental lessons for the UK and for the world.
Why UK nuclear power plants may cause childhood cancer and leukaemia, Dr Paul Dorfman, The Ecologist, 16 May 2011
Nuclear Debate: Not just about the stress tests, Dr John Walls, Public Service Europe, 13 May 2011
Who to Trust on Nuclear, Dr Paul Dorfman, The Guardian, 13 April 2011
New Thinking Now Needed on New Nuclear, Prof Steve Thomas, Parliamentary Brief, 4 April 2011
Fukushima fall-out: why the nuclear industry's liability for an accident is too low, Dr Paul Dorfman, The Ecologist, 21 March 2011
Japan neglected nuclear lessons, Prof Andy Stirling, STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability), 16 March 2011
Phasing out nuclear in Japan, Prof Dave Elliott, Environmental Research Web. March 2011
30 Years on and Still Waiting for an Answer, Andrew Warren, Energy in Buildings and Industry, 2 Feb 2011
Remembering Chernobyl: Nuclear Power is Not the Answer public meeting
Tuesday 26th April 6-7.30pm, Grimond Room, Portcullis House, Parliament
‘The EPR in Crisis’ Prof Steve Thomas
The Report works through sets of problems with the new proposed EPR reactor: Construction has gone dramatically wrong at the sites where it is being built; At the price offered, EPR construction bids have either been abandoned or the contract has gone to a competitor; Reactor orders, if placed at all, will be far later than expected; Safety approval in France, UK and USA is incomplete and regulatory approval may add significantly to costs.
Nuclear Consulting Group Report
The Nuclear Consulting Group (NCG) comprise leading UK academics and experts in the fields of environmental risk, radiation waste, energy policy, environmental sustainability, renewable energy technology, energy economics, political science, nuclear weapons proliferation, science and technology studies, environmental justice, environmental philosophy, particle physics, energy efficiency, environmental planning, and participatory involvement. It is telling that such a group speaks with one collective voice. The Report opens up what has been a closely constrained energy debate.