Oldbury Nuclear Viewpoint
Articles
We will publish articles that are relevant to the issues raised by the proposed re-development of Oldbury and to the bigger issues around electricity production.
This site aims to be a source of information, not an opinion leader. If you have any articles that you think are relevant, please send them through to us so that we can add them to the site..
| This article by Rockhampton resident and author Professor Gareth Williams gives a excellent summary of the issues that effect the local population. Read more... |
| Paul Dorfman's excellent anaylsis of the economic costs of a new nuclear build programme Read more... |
| This response provides a clear summary of the basis for local opposition to the new nuclear development Read more... |
| Pro-nuclear peer speaks out against the Horizon proposal, "The present station was built at Oldbury because it could be cooled by the water from the Severn, on whose banks it stands.", the new proposal is not appropriate for this site. Read more... |
| Peter MacDonald, deputy head of the Office for Nuclear Development at DECC, says that new nuclear at Oldbury is NOT a done deal. Read more... |
| South Gloucestershire Council cannot agree in principle with the decision to include Oldbury on the list of sites for new nuclear power stations in EN-6. Read more... |
| An update about the current situation regarding a possible new nuclear power station at Shepperdine. Read more... |
| Well reasoned submission from Sheppardine Against Nuclear Energy looking at the full range of issues that the Oldbury proposal raises for the local community Read more... |
| Response submitted to DECC by Rockhampton Parish Council gives an clear view of the technical inadequecies of the Nuclear National Policy Statement with regard to Oldbury Read more... |
| Slides from the DECC presentation re Oldbury and content from the exhibition stands. A good overview of the issues. Read more... |
| A local resident with experience in the Nuclear Industry has compiled this thorough and balanced view of options Cooling Tower for the proposed plant Read more... |
| A study by the German Government exposes as 200% increase in childhood leukemia with 5km of nuclear power plants Read more... |
| The existing Oldbury nuclear power station emits much tritium – the radioactive isotope of hydrogen. What effects can this have on the locality and its population? Read more... |
| On January 20 2010 SWPA helped the local community living in the Oldbury area to understand the implications of the proposed Nuclear Power Station, with an event at the Oldbury Memorial Hall. View the presentation here; also a briefing note from the Environment Agency. Read more... |
| In January 2010 South West Planning Aid ran an event for local people on the proposed Nuclear Power Station at Oldbury. At the event participants were asked (in groups) to outline their concerns about the proposed development, what might help alleviate these concerns and what benefits they thought the development might bring. Read more... |
| A video explaining how combined heat and power uses a decentralised approach to massively increase the efficiency of energy production. Read more... |
| This was a programme broadcast in January 2008 and featured a discussion with some eminent people including Prof Tom Burke and Zac Goldsmith. Read more... |
| A look at some of the key facts around nuclear energy from an anti-nuclear position. Thought provoking for sure, but who is giving the true picture? Read more... |
| Advisory group Nuclear Waste Advisory Associates claim nuclear experts have said the government is avoiding dealing with radioactive waste at Sellafield because doing so would alarm the public about nuclear new build.
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