Hinkley - Sucking in Water with Fish in

The NFLAs are backing a petition promoted by the Bristol Avons River Trust (BART) and The Rivers Trust calling on the developer of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to honour its requirement to install an Acoustic Fish Deterrent at the plant. BART and The Rivers Trust wants EDF to install the fish protection measures that were originally agreed to prevent millions of fish being sucked to their death into the huge intake pipes, each the size of six double decker buses. The new station will suck in the equivalent of three Olympic swimming pools of cooling water per minute from the Severn Estuary, and with it the fish. The estuary is one of the UK’s most highly designated nature conservation sites, with fish stocks including the endangered Atlantic salmon, European eel, and twaite shad. These species play a crucial role in global ecosystems and support the food chain for tens of thousands of birds and other wildlife, including seals and cetaceans.