Blogposts tagged 'Nuclear Transports'

Nukewatch - exposing a deadly cargo

Posted by louise - 7 November 2008 at 3:48pm - 6 Comments

Is there a nuclear truck in your neighbourhood?

If there's a nuclear truck in your neighbourhood - who you gonna call? Nukewatch! © fototruck.com

Few people know that convoys carrying nuclear warheads regularly travel along our roads, past our homes and schools. Containing plutonium and other deadly radioactive material, they are transported between submarine bases in Scotland and Berkshire's repair and maintenance facilities at Aldermaston and Burghfield. An accident involving and explosion or fire could cause a partial nuclear blast and result in lethal radiation contaminating the surrounding area.

Article tagged as: awe aldermaston, disarmament, nuclear transports, nuclear weapons, nukewatch, peace

"Attention commuters! The next train to arrive will be a nuclear waste train"

Posted by bex - 26 July 2006 at 8:00am - 2 Comments
Greenpeace activists warn commuters about a nuclear waste train passing through Kensington Olympia

Greenpeace activists warn commuters about a nuclear waste train passing through Kensington Olympia

End of the line for nuclear transports

Megaphone mania has hit stations around London as Greenpeace activists took to giant megaphones to alert commuters to the hidden hazard in their midst: terror targets on wheels.

Article tagged as: direct actions, nuclear power, nuclear transports, radioactive waste, terrorist attack

Your local nuclear waste trains: a timetable

Posted by bex - 21 July 2006 at 8:00am - 0 Comments
Timetable of nuclear waste transports in the UK

Timetable of nuclear waste transports in the UK

Greenpeace publishes a timetable of the UK's nuclear waste trains

Unless you live near a Sellafield or a Dungeness, the dangers of radioactive waste probably seem a world away.

They're not.

Hundreds of thousands of us are unwittingly exposed to the dangers of nuclear waste. Every week, trains carrying nuclear waste trundle along the UK's outdated rail network through our villages, towns and cities - often at peak times and only metres away from ordinary passenger trains.

Article tagged as: nuclear power, nuclear transports, nuclear waste, terrorism

Terrorist targets on wheels

Posted by bex - 24 April 2006 at 8:00am - 1 Comment
Nuclear waste train at Kensington Olympia station in London

Nuclear waste train at Kensington Olympia station in London

A terrorist attack on a train carrying waste nuclear materials across Britain could spread lethal radioactivity across an area of 100 sq kilometres, and result in the deaths of up to 8000 people.

Spent nuclear fuel is routinely transported by train from nine nuclear power stations around the country for reprocessing or storage at Sellafield in Cumbria. Typically these journeys take place once a week from each reactor - at the same time and on the same lines as regular passenger and freight trains.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, nuclear power, nuclear transports, nuclear waste, terrorism

Nuclear waste trains: terror targets on wheels

Posted by bex - 29 March 2006 at 9:00am - 0 Comments

A nuclear waste train at Camden Road in London

A terrorist attack on a train carrying waste nuclear materials across Britain could spread lethal radioactivity across an area of 100 sq kilometres, and result in the deaths of up to 8,000 people, according to a new report released this week.

Spent nuclear fuel is routinely transported by train from nine nuclear power stations around the country to the Sellafield storage facility in Cumbria. Typically these journeys take place once a week from each reactor - at the same time and on the same lines as regular passenger and freight trains.

Article tagged as: nuclear power, nuclear transports, nuclear waste, terrorism

Risks of transporting of irradiated fuel and nuclear materials in the UK

Publication date:  28 March, 2006

Prepared by Large & Associates, Nuclear Consultants

Summary

This review examines the hazards, risk and potential consequences associated with the transport movements of irradiated (spent) nuclear fuel in the United Kingdom. It identifies potential accidents and malevolent acts that could severely damage a spent fuel transportation flask, thereby enabling the release of radioactivity, in the form of particles and aerosols, and the corresponding health risk imposed on unprotected members of public.

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Article tagged as: nuclear accidents, nuclear power, nuclear transports, nuclear waste, reports, spent fuel

Activists block waste train bound for Sellafield

Posted by bex - 23 September 2003 at 8:00am - 0 Comments
Italian activist arrested after stopping a nuclear waste train bound for Sellafield

Italian activist arrested after stopping a nuclear waste train bound for Sellafield

Article tagged as: hachette, nuclear transports, reprocessing, sellafield, waste

Rainbow Warrior supports Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla

Posted by bex - 2 September 2002 at 8:00am - 0 Comments
Nuclear free seas flotilla 2002

Nuclear free seas flotilla 2002

The Rainbow Warrior took its place among The Nuclear Free Irish Sea Flotilla at an official launch in Dublin on Sunday.

Dublin's Lord Mayor, Councillor Dermot Lacey, along with politicians and celebrities unveiled the flotilla, which will sail out into the Irish Sea to peacefully protest against the two nuclear freighters carrying rejected plutonium fuel back from Japan.

Article tagged as: irish sea, mox fuel, nuclear power, nuclear transports, plutonium, ships

Waste MOX shipment

Publication date:  6 April, 2007

BNFL's desperate mission to turn UK into a nuclear dustbin

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Article tagged as: BNFL, mox fuel, nuclear transports, plutonium, reports, sellafield

Dounreay's plutonium traffic

Publication date:  20 November, 2001

Under the government's proposed Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act, the information contained in this briefing would be illegal. The proposed Act contains measures to stop the publication of information on nuclear technologies, nuclear sites and the transport of nuclear materials. Greenpeace, however, believes that people have a right to know about the nuclear industry and the risks that it imposes on them. We will continue to publish information that is in the public interest whether or not the Act becomes law.

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Article tagged as: nuclear power, nuclear transports, reports
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