Sign the new on-line petition on the Welsh Assembly’s website. Help get an environmentally friendly power plant on at Wylfa, Anglesey. without nuclear waste and far less CO2 gasses. It only takes a few seconds to sign. Pass the message on… We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to work with [...]
Wylfa B – German Companies Pull Out
The announcement by Horizon, March 2012, to pull out of Wylfa B was no surprise. PAWB have been saying from day one that the cost of nuclear makes Wylfa B highly unlikely. The London Government unable to afford it and private investors unwilling to bet on projects with so many problems. The announcement comes just [...]
Remembering the Fukushima nuclear disaster – Menai Bridge, Monday 11 March
A roadside protest against nuclear power will be held on MENAI SUSPENSION BRIDGE (Anglesey end) on Monday March 11, 8am-9am. The protest is in sympathy with the people of Fukushima in Japan, marking the second anniversary of this ongoing disaster and in support of Cumbria County Council’s decision to refuse permission for a huge underground [...]
Hitachi – the people who brought you Fukushima
Horizon, the company that intends building a new Wylfa plant, is being bought by GE/Hitachi the companies who built 3 of the first 4 Fukushima reactors. Now that Japan has de-nuked, Hitachi were desperate to find some new suckers – and they did! The announcement was made the same day (30.10.12) as New Jersey Oyster [...]
Chinese and French pull out of Wylfa too!
The Chinese and French have pulled out of Horizon Nuclear. The Germans quit a while ago. The Russians have said no thanks as well. The government was hoping for the Chinese state-owned Guangdong corporation and the debt-laden French company Areva to prop up the doomed and delayed Horizon consortium. But they failed to submit an [...]
Manifesto for Môn – a realistic solution for job creation
The Manifesto outlines how 2,500-3,000 jobs could be created on the island if a realistic strategy was adopted. In response to the Maniffesto, Sir Roger Jones, the former chairman of the Welsh Development Authority said: “Congratulations on the Maniffesto document. I strongly support your vision. Thank you for putting so much thought in to what [...]
Wylfa-B – Companies Pull Out
The announcement by Horizon, March 2012, to pull out of Wylfa B was no surprise. PAWB have been saying from day one that the cost of nuclear makes Wylfa B highly unlikely. The London Government unable to afford it and private investors unwilling to bet on projects with so many problems. The announcement comes just [...]
Hundreds support Caerdegog protest
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]