Over 300 people attended a demo in Llangefni on Saturday 21 January 2012 in support of the family of Caerdegog Farm who have refused to sell their land to Horizon Ltd. for the building of a new nuclear power plant on Anglesey. Richard Jones of Caerdegog addressed the crowd saying “loosing 65 acres of best [...]
They said it couldn’t happen
Following the Fukushima disaster the nuclear industry lost no time in spinning thier usual line about ‘failsafe’ engineering and only a ‘small amount of radioactivity released’ etc. However the nukes in Japan and elsewhere has a long history of cover-up and mismanagement, from Windscale to Three Mile Island to Chernobyl. If UK nuclear power plants [...]
Protest! Support Caedegog Farm, Llangefni 21 January
2.30pm, Saturday 21 January, Car Park, Glanhwfa Road, Llangefni. Come to support the brave family of Caedegog Farm who are standing firm against attempts to grab their land for Wylfa- B. Speakers: Richard Jones, Caerdegog Farm, Dr Carl Clowes PAWB, Dr Malcom Carroll, Greenpeace, Angharad Tomos, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
Film – The fight for Caerdegog
A short Welsh language film about the brave fight of the family at Caerdegog Farm against attempts to take their land for building Wylfa B. An Anglesey family based at Caerdegog for over 300 years set against the cynical actions of the Nuclear industry and the cowardly silence of councillors and politicians.
Wales Green & Nuclear Free conference, Caernarfon, October 22
ANTI-nuclear politicians, experts and members of the publid attended a conference in Caernarfon hosted by People Against Wylfa B (PAWB). The Wales Green and Nuclear Free conference at Galeri Caernarfon on October 22. PAWB spokesman Dylan Morgan said: “We recently heard about Horizon’s greed for even more land for the possible Wylfa B project and [...]
Pawb supporters join hundreds at Hinkley blockade
Members of PAWB travelled to Somerset to take part in the mass blockade at the gates of Hinkley Point power station on Monday, 3 October, in protest at EDF’s plans for the largest nuclear plant ever built in the UK. Protesters stayed in front of the closed main gates for nine hours, from daybreak at [...]
Toxic waste piled up by side of new Wylfa for 160 years?
No one has any idea what to do with the tonnes of dangerous waste that nuclear plants spew out. There are plans that a Wylfa development would have to keep waste on site for 160 years. There is no guarantee that highly radioactive waste won’t leak back into the environment, contaminating water supplies and the [...]
German Nuclear Company Shareholders hear “No Wylfa” Message
Shareholders of one the companies intererested in building a new nuclear plant at Wylfa heard a resounding message of opposition from the people of Môn and Gwynedd to any nuclear expansion on the Island. On May 5 Dr Carl Clowes addressed the shareholders of the nuclear company E.ON at their Annual General Meeting in Essen, [...]
Anglesey Energy Survey – less support for nuclear power
An indepenent survey taken BEFORE the Fukushima disaster suggests that that the people of Anglesey were even then worried about radioactive waste and its effects on health as a result of bulidng Wylfa B. According to the survey the majority want to see more re-newable energy and are unsure about the long-term effects of another [...]
PAWB campaigners picket council meeting
Tuesday, 11 May: A dozen PAWB supporters picketed the enterance of Ynys Môn / Anglesey Council’s offices as councillors arrived for their monthly meeting. True to form the Council has never given anyone a chance to have any say about their opposition for a new nuke. A damning audit report has condemned councilors’ years of [...]
Wide coverage for succesful bridge Protest
On Wednesday morning, 30 March 2011, the Menai Bridge was again the location for another PAWB protest. Drivers honked their horns in support as they passed the placards and banners held by dozens of PAWB supporters. The protest received wide coverage on TV and radio, PAWB members giving numerous interviews. The pevious week (Sat. March [...]
Major concerns about new reactor designs
The UK’s safety regulators, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), have just released the third stage of their assessment for the designs of AREVA’s EPR and Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactors. It’s grim reading. There are a significant number of issues with the safety features of both designs. The regulators still don’t have a complete design yet [...]
Nuclear Subsidies report sent to all 646 MPs
January 2010: PAWB members sent out hundreds of copies of a detailed report on how the tax payer picks up the tab for profit making corporations. The report by the Energy Fair group shows that without those subsidies, nuclear power would be hopelessly uncompetitive. Adding to the cost is the fact that nuclear power stations [...]