In a report by marine pollution consultant, Tim Deere-Jones, it is evident that considerable uncertainty exists over the exact nature of proposals to package “fuel element debris” (FED) arising from the storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Magnox nuclear power stations at Dungeness (Kent), Bradwell (Essex) and Hinkley Point (Somerset); and, that concern exists over […]
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- Concern and uncertainty exists over nuclear waste at Dungeness, Bradwell and Hinkley Point
- Winter storms will have increased sea to land transfer of radioactivity, advises report
- Concern expressed over nuclear waste depository being sited in Cumbria
- Debate grows over new Hinkley C nuclear power station
- Scrutiny to be given to “hidden costs” of nuclear power
- Contract signed for new nuclear power station on Somerset coast (Hinkley C)
- The agony and the lessons of Fukushima intensify
- Critique of UK Government sampling for marine radioactivity reveals serious shortcomings
- Environment Agency issues environmental permits for the new Hinkley C nuclear power station
- Record caesium level in Fukushima fish
- Japan considers the dumping of water from Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean
- Elevated cancer levels at Dalgety Bay, Fife
- Russia and Norway assess Arctic nuclear waste dump site
Tim Deere-Jones, marine radioactivity consultant, has advised in a News Briefing released 29th January 2014 that: “This winter’s extreme weather will have had a major influence on the behaviour and fate of the radioactive wastes discharged to sea from UK nuclear sites. Radioactive material discharged to UK coastal waters from nuclear power stations, nuclear fuel […]
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The Observer reports, 18th January 2014: “The government stands accused of drafting the consultation process to select the site of a multibillion-pound nuclear waste storage facility to favour a location that some geologists claim is unsuitable for burying radioactive material. Two leading geologists told the Observer that they believed the government was keen to push […]
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The Guardian reports, 18th December 2013: “The European Commission has started an investigation into UK plans to subsidise the construction and operation of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, in a challenge to the government’s plans to overhaul Britain’s creaking energy infrastructure. On the day royal assent was finally given to the coalition’s […]
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The Guardian reports, 1st December 2013: “The bill for cleaning up the huge Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria will rise even higher than its current estimated level of £70bn as operators struggle to assess the full scale of the task, according to sources close to the project. The warning comes just days before private sector […]
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The Guardian reports, 20th October 2013: “Britain is to embark on building its first nuclear power station for two decades on as the coalition government hands a multibillion subsidy to France’s EDF (Electricite de France) with help from a state-owned Chinese firm. The two planned pressurised water reactors at Hinkley Point C, Somerset, are the […]
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The Guardian reports, 1st September 2013: “Radiation levels 18 times higher than previously reported have been found near a water storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, prompting fresh concern over safety at the wrecked facility. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), said radiation near the bottom of the tank measured 1,800 […]
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The Ecologist has published a study by pollution consultant, Tim Deere-Jones, which examines the adequacy of the UK Government’s monitoring regime for the presence of radionuclides in marine foods, and the marine and coastal environment. Annual reports, such as “Radioactivity in Food and the Environment” (RIFE) published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the […]
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The Environment Agency has issued three new environmental permits to NNB Generation Company Limited (NNB GenCo) for their proposed new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C in Somerset. NNB GenCo propose to build a twin reactor power station at Hinkley Point C using the EDF / Areva UK EPR design. Each of the UK […]
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A record concentration of radioactive caesium, 5,100 times the government’s food safety standard, was detected in a fish caught near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the plant’s operator said on 28th February 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the reading of 510,000 becquerels per kilogram in the greenling is the highest ever recorded […]
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has started to consider dumping massive amounts of water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean after treating the radiation-tainted water. The utility is considering taking the measure because space on the premises of the nuclear power station for storage tanks for contaminated water […]
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Radioactive contamination was first discovered at Dalgety Bay, a popular sailing resort, in 1990. It is thought to come from radium used to illuminate the dials of aircraft disposed of in the area after the second world war. More than 2500 radioactive hotspots have been found on the foreshore in the past 22 years, more […]
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In the autumn of 2012, a joint Russian-Norwegian expedition to the Kara Sea investigated an area where radioactive waste had been previously dumped. According to the Russian authorities a range of dumped materials can be found in Arctic seas, including nuclear-powered submarines, reactor compartments and more than 17000 containers of radioactive waste. The joint Russian-Norwegian […]
