Stop Hinkley Newsletter February 2022
Posted: 3rd February 2022
Download printable version here: http://stophinkley.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/NewsletterFeb2022.pdf
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Stop Hinkley calls on Environment Minister to Champion Biodiversity in the Severn Estuary and refuse EDF’s Appeal which could wipe out 11 billion fish.
16 November, Stop Hinkley Press Release
Marine and conservation groups based around the Bristol Channel, along with the Environment Agency are still awaiting a decision from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, on the public inquiry which considered EDF’s application to renege on its commitment to install Acoustic Fish Deterrents on the massive cooling water intakes at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. More: http://stophinkley.org/press-releases/stop-hinkley-campaign-calls-on-environment-minister-to-champion-biodiversity-in-the-severn-estuary-and-refuse-edfs-appeal-which-could-wipe-out-11-billion-fish/
As this Newsletter goes out there is still no answer from George Eustice.
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Citizen Science finds spread of man-made radioactivity in Bristol Channel is far more extensive than previously reported.
Stop Hinkley Press Release 8 December
An independent Citizen Science Radioactivity Survey of the Somerset and South Wales shoreline sediments shows that the spread of man-made radioactivity from reactor discharges to the Bristol Channel is far more extensive and widespread throughout the region’s coasts than previously reported. More: http://stophinkley.org/uncategorized/citizen-science-finds-spread-of-man-made-radioactivity-in-bristol-channel-is-far-more-extensive-than-previously-reported/
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Update on EPR Design Faults
This is the design planned for HPC and may be a problem for all EPR’s in Europe! Bruno Chareyron explains the design faults that stopped the Taishan EPR nuclear reactor in China. Bruno is a Nuclear Physics Engineer and director of the CRIIRAD laboratory where SH sent mud samples to be tested.
YouTube video, with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/T1bn5ZKQuM0
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Minister and Chief Nuclear Regulator respond to NFLA concerns over Hinkley safety issues, but no shutdown promised
17 January, NFLA press release
In December, the Chair of the NFLA Steering Committee, Councillor David Blackburn, wrote to Minister Greg Hands and Chief Executive, ONR Mark Foy outlining his concerns that a radioactive gas leak at the Taishan 1 reactor in China may be the result of a potentially fatal design flaw which may be common to the identical EPRs (short for European Pressurised or Evolutionary Power Reactors) reactors planned for Hinkley Point C in Somerset and at Sizewell C in Suffolk. More: https://www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/minister-and-chief-nuclear-regulator-respond-to-nfla-concerns-over-hinkley-safety-issues-but-no-shutdown-promised/
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Climate Change Threatens Nuclear Power
Letter printed in Western Daily Press and the Western Morning News on 17 September
http://stophinkley.org/news/nuclear-generation-around-the-world-is-slowly-dying/
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When Climate Change meets Nuclear
Stop Hinkley member Katy Attwater is engaged in ongoing work with ONR on climate change and it’s threat to Nuclear commercial and military sites around the UK. More: http://stophinkley.org/news/when-climate-change-meets-nuclear/
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2021 End of the year report on UK Nuclear
13 reactors operating, producing about 16% of UK’s electricity, after the closure of 4 were announced in 2021. Half of UK’s existing nuclear reactors are planned to close down by 2025 and all but one by 2030. Hinkley point B will finish generating electricity this year!
One new power station, Hinkley Point C, started building Oct’16 and is now planned to open in 2026. Another planned at Sizewell C, with a start date given as “before 2024” and the period of construction given as 9-12 years. The UK government announced Nov’21 that they were investing £210m in Rolls Royce to develop small modular reactors, which according to the government could be in use in the early 2030s’ https://www.risingtide.org.uk/node/581 .
With the ongoing problems and the history of EDF’s predictions for the EPR, 2026 for HPC planned opening is highly optimistic!
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Hinkley Point C = 11 Billion Dead Fish
In June last year Stop Hinkley joined environmental groups in Bristol on the first day of the public enquiry into why EDF is refusing to use an Acoustic Fish Deterrent (AFD). More: http://stophinkley.org/press-releases/hinkley-point-c-11-billion-dead-fish/
Stop Hinkley’s Briefing on EDF’s Appeal against the Environment Agency’s Deemed Refusal to allow a permit variation relating to the installation of an Acoustic Fish Deterrent at Hinkley Point C is available here: https://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AFD_Briefingv2.pdf
Events
Stop Hinkley meetings: Our monthly campaign meetings are being held via Zoom for the time being. Please get in touch if you would like to be involved.
Meetings are usually held on the second Monday of the month. All members and non-members are very welcome to attend, though only members have voting rights.
AGM: The AGM will be on 21 March at 7pm, via Zoom. Anyone is welcome to attend, though only members have voting rights.
If you wish to take part, please get in touch so that we can send you the Zoom link.
Contact: [email protected]
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Contacts
Press & Spokespersons: Pete Roche: [email protected] 01749 860767 or 07821 378 210
Local Information: Allan Jeffery [email protected] 01278 425451
Street Stalls & Events: Jo Smoldon: [email protected] 01278 459 099
Membership/Treasurer/Website: Val Davey: [email protected]
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