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Have Your Say: “Sellafield Radioactive Substances Activites (RSA) Permit” Sample Response

December 1, 2019

Have your Say:”Sellafield Radioactive Substances Activities (RSA) Permit – Draft Decision” Consultation link: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/cumbria-and-lancashire/sellafield-radioactive-substances-activities-rsa-p/ Deadline is today, December 1, 2019 …

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UK Environment Agency Aims to Increase Tritium Limit in Irish Seaside Landfill from 200 Thousand Bq/Kg to 40 Million Bq/Kg; Impact Studies (2006, 2017) Assume 37 Thousand Bq/Kg; A Bq is a Radioactive Shot Per Second: Comment Deadline Tonight

December 1, 2019

Comment here: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/cumbria-and-lancashire/sellafield-radioactive-substances-activities-rsa-p/ See too: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2019/11/29/uk-environment-agency-allowing-for-increasing-radioactive-discharges-to-the-irish-sea-by-sellafield-in-violation-of-ospar-comment-deadline-1st-december-2019/ The 2006 impact assessment for the landfill, before opening, assumed that the activity limit …

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UK Environment Agency Allowing for Increasing Radioactive Discharges to the Irish Sea by Sellafield in Violation of OSPAR: Comment Deadline 1st December 2019

November 29, 2019

17,000,000,000,000 (17 trillion) radioactive shots per second (Bq) of Caesium 137 (Cs-137) is the lower limit of what the UK …

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A THOUSAND PEOPLE RALLY TO OPPOSE NUCLEAR LAUNDRY – in France!! Meanwhile here in Cumbria Protest on October 1st

September 29, 2019

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
ALMOST A THOUSAND PEOPLE RALLY TO STOP NUCLEAR LAUNDRY – in France!!  Below is a GOOD…

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New Nuclear Laundry – Sign the Letter of Complaint to Ombudsman in Workington this Saturday 8th June- 1pm at the Clock

June 8, 2019

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Energy Coast Nuclear Laundry – 2019 Google Map image captured 2009 of the site now a…

A Quick & Dirty Look At Energy Coast Laundry’s Radioactive Materials Permit (Starting With Caesium 137 Discharges to Air)

May 30, 2019

Energy Coast Laundry, showing low set chimneys, photo via RaFL “Permit DB3996DJ – Energy Coast Laundry Limited Permit number DB3996DJ …

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Tweet of the Day! Stop the Cumbrian Coal Mine – Only Nesting Place of Black Guillemot in England (Petition)

May 26, 2019

Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Dear Friends, ? as you may know Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole is a small…

Workington says NO to New Coal Mine Under Irish Sea

January 7, 2019

Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
On Saturday 5th January Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole were joined by Cumbrian folk from…

World Oceans Day: Do Your Bit To Protect the Irish Sea

June 8, 2018

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
This Friday, June 8th is World Oceans Day. Here is a little film about two of…

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Fisheries and Conservation Authority Concerns: Irish Sea Subsidence and Resuspension of Radionuclides

February 27, 2018

Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
? Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole – Petition There are many reasons to object to…

Follow The Cumbrian Coal Mine Money….All The Way To China

February 19, 2018

Sellafield Nuclear Site and area of proposed coal mine under the Irish Sea (St. Bees). Photo by Marianne Birkby. “To …

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Keep Cumbrian Coal In The Hole Christmas Walk 7th Dec 2017

December 6, 2017

Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Our mascot Bernie the Polar Bear invites you to a Christmas Walk on 7th Dec. We…

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Divest from Coal (?) Letter to the Guardian – Unpublished

November 26, 2017

Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Another unpublished letter to the national press on the first deep coal mine in the UK…

“Impact upon the wider marine and coastal environment..from the flooded anhydrite mine” National Trust

October 24, 2017

Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
West Cumbria Mining plan to use existing disused Anhydrite Mine drifts to access new coal seams…

My Heart Faileth When I Behold Radioactive Rainbows In The Sky

August 17, 2017

A UK so-called planning firm “One Creative Environments” has proposed the most bizarrely stupid idea for “beautifying” the proposed Westinghouse-Toshiba …

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Viking Hoard Treasure Found at Site of Proposed Nuclear Power Station in Cumbria UK Now on Display

February 18, 2017

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Colleagues in Cumbria UK have passed some interesting information on, which has not yet been published…

UK: Dangerous AP1000 Nuclear Reactors Slammed By New Expert Report – only 9 days to Comment on Dangerous Japanese (Toshiba-Westinghouse) Reactor Design

November 21, 2016

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Today a report slamming the new build plan has been handed into Cumbria County Council, The…

Viking Hoard Treasure Found at Site of Proposed Nuclear Power Station in Cumbria UK

November 6, 2016

Colleagues in Cumbria UK have passed some interesting information on, which has not yet been published in the mainstream news….namely …

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UK Navy Nuclear Sub Hits Fishing Boat; Drags It Across Irish Sea: “Joint Warrior” Training for “Complex” Environments

October 16, 2016

“Eighteen months ago, the actions of the command team of a Royal Navy submarine placed the lives of the crew …

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UK Sends Highly Active Nuclear Waste Back to Switzerland

October 14, 2016

Switzerland recently shipped old Swiss Made plutonium to the US to be diluted in South Carolina and buried in the …

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And now for the next chapter! Ireland and Sellafield!

October 10, 2016

A new nuclear power station is proposed at Moorside near Sellafield, as well as at Hinkley Pt. Our map distance …

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Bríd Smith TD attacks Irish Government Inaction on Sellafield Risks

September 19, 2016

BBC Panorama on Sellafield Nuclear Safety Failings-http://youtu.be/8AS0FVHNRW8

British Nuclear Plant “Unwelcome & Unwanted” – Sinn Féin Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Seán Crowe TD

August 8, 2016

News Release from Sinn Féin: “British Nuclear Plant ‘Unwelcome & Unwanted’ – Crowe 4 August, 2016 – by Seán Crowe …

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Stop Moorside – Spiked CONsultation

July 23, 2016

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Stop Moorside Petition- Please Sign and Share SHARE SHARE!!! The 2nd Moorside Consultation for the “biggest…

Groups Slam Plan to Stack Shipping Containers of Nuclear Waste Ever Higher Beside the Irish Sea Near Drigg

July 13, 2016

Note stacking; proximity to the Irish Sea; rust; pooling water. It is in the rainiest part of England: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/the-northerner/2015/dec/09/cumbria-is-the-wettest-part-of-england-dont-scrimp-on-flood-defences This …

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What Radionuclides are at Drigg Nuclear Waste Dump Near the Irish Sea? Many Still Lethal After Natural Erosion Expected to Undermine It (Still Time to Oppose Drigg-Decision 15th July)

July 12, 2016

Information on how to oppose Drigg found here: https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/lock-the-gate-on-drigg-nuclear-waste-site-15th-july-in-kendal/ For the LLWR-Drigg, “radionuclides included within the radiological assessment for the …

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Drigg Nuclear Waste Dump Menaced By Coastal Erosion: Foreign Companies Profit; UK Taxpayer Holds Liability (Still Time to Oppose-Decision 15th July)

July 10, 2016

For information on how to oppose Drigg see: https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/lock-the-gate-on-drigg-nuclear-waste-site-15th-july-in-kendal/ “The Low Level [Radioactive] Waste Repository (LLWR) is situated near to …

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Crowdfunding to Stop Moorside Nuclear Reactors- 3 Days Left (T-shirts may be purchased too)

July 7, 2016

Only 3 days left for this Stop Moorside crowdfunding. Donations small, medium or large are welcomed and can be anonymous. …

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Guest Blog: Map Reading and Madness at the Drigg Nuclear Waste Dump

May 9, 2016

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Many thanks to Sam for this eyeopening Guest Blog….. Map Reading and Madness at the Drigg…

Ireland Freed Itself from the Yoke of Empire, Allowing it to Be Nuclear Free – 100 Yrs Ago the Easter Rising

April 24, 2016

Today marks the 100 years of the Easter Rising, which proclaimed the Irish Republic, and ultimately culminated in the Republic …

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Accumulation of Sellafield-derived Radioactive Carbon (14C) in Irish Sea and West of Scotland Intertidal Shells and Sediments

March 22, 2016

Introduction-Background Anyone who was a serious student of biological sciences is immediately alarmed to learn that nuclear reactors routinely emit …

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UK Nuclear “Beauty Pageant” Scheme: More Than Sheer Madness; Rudd Conflict of Interest

February 16, 2016

The UK is having an architectural contest to “beautify” the proposed Moorside Nuclear reactor Site, which we choose to call …

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UK Nuclear Offshore Pipeline Test Drilling will Churn Up Old Nuclear Waste; Operation will Add More Nuclear Waste to Irish Sea-Ocean: Write to Oppose by Feb. 12th

January 23, 2016

NuGeneration Limited (NuGen) wants to build three nuclear reactors (Moorside) near Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria UK. NuGen is a …

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Foreign Corporations Operating UK Radioactive Waste Site “Self-Monitor” Radioactive Air Emissions: Drigg on the Irish Sea

January 20, 2016

French State Owned AREVA, Swedish Studsvik & California URS “Self Monitor” Radioactive Waste Gaseous Emissions in the UK at Drigg …

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21 Tons of Japanese Plutonium Stored in the UK – Japan’s Neat Trick for Dealing with Nuclear Waste: Make it Someone Else’s Problem

December 29, 2015

Sellafield Nuclear Site, Cumbria, England Even as Japan is starting up more nuclear reactors, it has found a neat trick …

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UK Flood Warning: Radioactive Waste – Nuclear Facilities

December 9, 2015

Originally posted on RADIATION FREE LAKELAND:
Terrible news coming in on the floods in West Cumbria with millions of pounds worth of…

Increased Levels of Radioactive Materials Reported in Mud at St. Patrick Birthplace of Ravenglass

November 5, 2015

Ravenglass, in Cumbria, is believed by many to be the birthplace of St. Patrick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenglass The UK has poisoned more …

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First Arctic Nations Circumpolar Polar Bear Action Plan Fails to Mention Impacts of Radiation

September 19, 2015

USFWS Photo in “Circumpolar Action Plan” The new Arctic Nations International Polar Bear “Circumpolar Action Plan” speaks generically about pollution …

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UK Lib Dem Leader Tim Farron Calls for Independent Investigation into Environmental Damage from Nuclear Industries

September 17, 2015

(Note that the USFWS comment deadline at 11.59 pm US ET on Saturday, will be 4.59 am on Sunday in …

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Polar Bear Plan Must Include Impact of Radionuclides – Comment Deadline Sat. 19 Sept. 1159 pm ET (DC-NY) US Fisheries Wildlife Service

September 15, 2015

US Fisheries and Wildlife Service (USFWS) “polar bears and every other living thing are all part of Earth’s living system. …

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Highly Radioactive Nuclear Waste Leaving the UK to Return to Switzerland, Crossing France

September 11, 2015

Highly radioactive nuclear waste returning from the Sellafield “reprocessing” facility to Switzerland, by boat, truck and train next week. Interactive …

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Infant Mortality; Stillbirths; Unborn Girls, Near Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station in Somerset England: An Investigation

September 7, 2015

Well known, though, in practice, mostly ignored, is the problem of radioactive fallout on vegetation, and the presence of radionuclides …

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UK Nuclear Transboundary Impact Case Pending Until After March 2016: Espoo Convention Implementation Committee expressed “profound suspicion of non-compliance” by the UK

June 29, 2015

In May 2013, The National Trust for Ireland, An Taisce, “launched judicial review proceedings in London to challenge the legality …

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Sea Stars: Sentinels for Radionuclides-Nuclear Waste

March 14, 2015

Over 20 years ago, the US government gave money to researchers to study the impact of long-lived radionuclides, which might …

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Whiskey & Hiking are Heart Healthy, Nuclear is a Heart Killer

February 19, 2015

Repaired, Reinvented and Revitalized: Annandale Historic Distillery The Annandale Historic Distillery is in line with the Annan Regeneration Master Plan, …

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Tourism, Milk and Cheese or Nuclear?

February 13, 2015

Proposed Site of Moorside Nuclear Reactors Note the cows, Irish Sea and the beach in the background. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorside_nuclear_power_station Over 50 …

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A Forgotten £40.5 billion BNFL Nuclear Taxpayer Fleece: “Liabilities Management Authority”, 2002; More Nuclear Fleecing Planned

January 18, 2015

Fleecing the Taxpayer is not new. “Sheep Shearing” by Lloyd Branson (1853–1925) Almost 3,000 years ago the Prophet Amos warned …

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Why was the Sellafield Change Leaked to Media in Advance?

January 15, 2015

[Those outside of the UK should take note of this case as the companies operate internationally. The Nuclear Management Partners …

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Will All Subcontractors Be Paid at New Nuclear Build Sites? Will Some Actually Lose Money?

January 7, 2015

This shows some of the many contractors and subcontractors on the EDF Flamanville new nuclear construction site. EDF (84.4%) and …

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Scotland in UK will be International Radioactive Waste Hub; Probable International Dump; Independence Only Clear Way to Stop It

September 17, 2014

As appears clear from the SEPA “consultation” documents for 3 October, 2014, EDF (Electricity of France) intends to make its …

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