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Organised crime goes nuclear
11 October 2021
Fraud, counterfeiting, bribery, corruption, sabotage, theft, and other criminal activities are rife in global nuclear industry. “As prime minister of Japan at the time of the [Fukushima] disaster, I now believe that the time has come for Japan and the world to end its reliance on nuclear power,” Naoto Kan … [Continue Reading]
30 September 2021
As we head towards COP26, CND’s scientific adviser, Dr Ian Fairlie, addresses the claims that new forms of nuclear power production can be part of the solution to the climate emergency. In recent months, the outpouring of pro-nuclear media stories and newspaper articles has been incessant and increasing in the … [Continue Reading]
No room for nuclear
18 July 2021
by Dave Elliott As noted in an article in Regional Life, a local conservation e-magazine linked to a local anti nuclear group, the flat landscape of the Dengie peninsula in Essex is punctuated by a line of tall wind turbines, slowly turning and the massive grey-blue hulk of the former … [Continue Reading]
Greenpeace: Japan must reverse decision
15 April 2021
by Shaun Burnie The decision of the Japanese government on Tuesday to proceed with plans for discharging radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean is a direct threat to the marine environment, public health and fisheries, and violates the human rights of people in Japan as well as other countries. In … [Continue Reading]
Don’t believe hydrogen and nuclear hype – they can’t get us to net zero carbon by 2050
16 March 2021
Big industry players pushing techno-fixes are ignoring the only realistic solution to the climate crisis: renewables Now that the whole world seems to be aligned behind the goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the nuclear industry is straining every sinew to present itself as an invaluable ally in … [Continue Reading]
UK’s plutonium stockpile is an embarrassing risk
3 September 2020
After 70 years of producing plutonium in reprocessing works the United Kingdom, now with 140 tonnes of it, the largest stockpile in the world, finds it has no use for the metal – and needs to spend £4.5 billion (US$6bn) just to keep it safe. Having already spent at least … [Continue Reading]
‘The Sizewell C plans are an insult to the people of Suffolk’
28 June 2020
Anyone new to Suffolk, ignorant of EDF’s nuclear plans, would be forgiven for laughing out loud. An untried reactor, labelled ‘technically complicated to construct’ by its own designers, a cost of £20billion-plus, taking at least 10 years to build, producing waste which is not only lethal to living tissue but … [Continue Reading]
EU recovery plan goes green and excludes nuclear
19 June 2020
On 27 May the European Commission (EC) put forward its proposal for a major post-Covid-19 recovery plan. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament that what underpinned the programme was a determination “to hold governments more accountable for fighting climate change and saving our nature.” David Lowry explores … [Continue Reading]
Modernity Without its Clothes: the pandemic crisis shines a light on futilities of control
27 April 2020
With so many self-appointed pundits (like me!) currently locked down with their laptops, the present rush of commentary on how to pivot the coronavirus crisis is hardly surprising. Beyond the general news and commentary, scores of articles are exploding across the media, diagnosing what this global catastrophe means, and prescribing … [Continue Reading]