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Construction to start on Sizewell C nuclear power station amid opposition.Construction on the multi-million pound Sizewell C nuclear power stationwill start despite local opposition to the plans. The government has signeda development consent order, meaning that preparation work on the £700million site such as building fencing and accommodation can start. AndrewBowie MP, Minister for Nuclear…

 “The defense of nuclear power as a low-carbon energy weakens theEuropean Union's action against climate change”. The Renewable Energies for All association denounces, in a column in “Le Monde”, thedeleterious effects of the inclusion of nuclear power in the French andEuropean objectives for the deployment of renewable solutions. Seeking to relaunch nuclear power whatever the…

The Government has announced that the timetable for investing in the newSizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk will be revealed before ageneral election. However, the campaign group Stop Sizewell C, which isopposed to the project, said there was still much that was unknown aboutwhether the project could go ahead, including how the £20bn would…

 A TINY English village could be top of Putin's nuclear hitlist, localsfear. Brize Norton is only a stone's throw away from the largest station inthe Royal Air Force. Huge convoys of blacked-out lorries, police riot vans,ambulances and other trucks regularly rumble through, clogging up thevillage's narrow main road. Locals claim they've had guns pointed at…

Comment. As the UK fumbles its way through its "Civil Nuclear Roadmap" folly, the Rolls Royce lobby paints Hinkley and Sizewell projects as obsolete trash, and touts Rolls Royce's non existent small reactors as Britain's energy salvation .  Jeremy Warner: Outsourcing Britain’s nuclear renewal is insanity.Rolls-Royce's modular reactors are an obvious way to break free of…

NEW concerns have been raised about the safety of Britain’s nuclearfleet – with two submarines still in action previously predicted to havebeen out of commission by this year. Former top government adviser DominicCummings (below) sparked interest in the state of Britain’s nuclear fleetat the beginning of this month when he revealed he had attempted to…

THE Labour candidate for the Central Ayrshire constituency at the nextGeneral Election is supported by the GMB Scotland trade union. The GMB is achampion of the nuclear fuels industry and of nuclear weapons. The Labour candidate for my constituency of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock will follow theUK Labour Party line which supports Trident and is…

12th January SCOTTISH Labour have been called out for their support of nuclear energy asan MP warned of the risks of radioactivity in parts of the country. AllanDorans, the MP for Ayr said parts of his constituency were beingcontaminated by radioactive waste from the Sellafield reprocessing plant inCumbria. He highlighted research which found that shellfish…

The Government remains committed to revealing a timetable forinvesting in the new nuclear power station at Sizewell C before a generalelection, a minister has said. Energy minister Andrew Bowie faced callsfrom Labour to reveal the timetable for a final investment decision in theSuffolk power station before the end of the Parliament. Labour said the roadmap…

Government announced plans to build third new nuclear plant, eventhough existing plan for reactor yet to be decided. Ministers are facingdemands to reveal the timetable for a final investment decision in SizewellC before a general election is called after the Government committed tobuilding a third major nuclear plant. The Government announced plans tobuild a new…