Will the sea take them?' - An invitation to a special NFLA webinar about the possible impact of rising sea levels on coastal nuclear facilities

 

Dear Colleagues, 

 

It is now eleven years since the Japanese nuclear power plant at Fukushima was inundated by a tsunami and the impact is still being felt to this day.

 

The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) would like to invite you to a special webinar examining the possible impact of rising sea levels and coastal erosion on Britain’s coastal nuclear facilities. 

 

The webinar will be held on Wednesday Apr 6, 2022 06:00 PM GMT and will last about an hour.

 

More details can be found at https://britishpugwash.org/event-climate-change-and-coastal-nuclear-infrastructure/

 

The link to register with Zoom can be found at 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkd-iorT8vHd2WjDuCLawx0enGAbeMIPfy

 

Nuclear power plants by their nature gobble up many millions of gallons of water during their operation; consequently our reactors historically are usually by the coast. The Johnson Government has recently announced its commitment to ‘taking big bets’ on new nuclear with a new plant on the coast at Hinkley Point C in Somerset under construction; plans for more at two coastal sites, Sizewell C in Suffolk and Bradwell in Essex; and earnest talk about a development at Wylfa in Anglesey. Rolls-Royce is also developing a new (so-called) Small Modular Reactor with plans to locate them on 16 sites; many of these will also be on our shoreline. 

 

Britain’s nuclear submarines – both nuclear powered and nuclear armed – operate from dockyards at Devonport, Coulport and Rosyth.

 

NFLA https://www.nuclearpolicy.info/ is a network of councils throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, who seek to tackle in practical ways, and within their powers, the problems posed by civil and military nuclear hazards. The NFLA fears that new coastal nuclear may be under threat, and this webinar will examine the vulnerability of these facilities to rising sea levels.

Speakers are:

Dr Sally Brown, who wrote the recent Pugwash report on ‘Risks of sea-level rise to ports and associated facilities aligning with the Trident programme’. Dr Brown is a geomorphologist and climate change adaptation scientist working at Bournemouth University.

 

Pete Roche, Director of Edinburgh Energy and Environment Consultancy and former nuclear campaigner for Greenpeace.

 

Do please come and join us for this interesting event.

 

More details can be found at https://britishpugwash.org/event-climate-change-and-coastal-nuclear-infrastructure/

 

The link to register with Zoom can be found at

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkd-iorT8vHd2WjDuCLawx0enGAbeMIPfy

 

Please feel free to promote this event to your networks and on social media.

 

 

Many thanks

 

 

Richard Outram,

BA (First Class Hons.), DPS (Distinction), 

Principal Policy Officer / UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities and Mayors’ for Peace Chapter Secretary,

City Policy, Level 3, Town Hall Extension, Library Walk, Manchester M60 3NY

Mobile: 07583 097793

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.nuclearpolicy.info and http://www.mayorsforpeace.org