By Ian Gallagher and Daniel Boffey, Daily Mail 22nd November 2009. Photo of Protestors: Cathy Ashton, circled, at No10 in 1982, with Bruce Kent and Joan Ruddock, centre. "Other records detail the contact that Miss Ashton and fellow CND members had with th
Nuclear Waste Advisory Associates (NWAA), a group of experts with over 200 years of collective experience of the issues involved in nuclear waste, have submitted detailed written evidence to the House of Commons' Energy and Climate Change Select Committee
Windscale report. "An inquiry into last month's fire at Cumberland's Windscale nuclear power plant has blamed the accident on a combination of human error, poor management and faulty instruments. The fire happened on 10 October during a routine maintenanc
17 february 2010. Hundreds of peace protesters demonstrated Monday outside a factory in southern England where warheads for Trident nuclear submarines are made. Despite efforts from Britain's military to scale down long term spending, Defense Secretary Bo
Monday, 15 February 2010 The Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire, was subject to the biggest blockade in years as 800 campaigners effectively blocked all entrances to the site for several hours. Anti-nuclear campaigners are intent on o
The greens need to decide where they stand. The only position that makes sense to me is unequivocally to support the campaign against overhead lines. Where new powerlines are built they must go underground. If they can't go underground, they shouldn't be
Beyond Personality: The New Men. This is the only surviving footage of C.S. Lewis's broadcast talks. The New Men is the last episode in Beyond Personality, the third series. It was broadcast on BBC radio on 21st March 1944. The transcripts of all three se
Tony Blair's push for new warheads inspired an intense discussion inside the country about the necessity of the British nuclear arsenal. Leading up to the mid-March 2007 Parliamentary vote on the issue, Rebecca Johnson filed weekly reports from Britain de
“THE UNITED KINGDOM’S NUCLEAR DETERRENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY” SPEECH BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE KING’S COLLEGE LONDON 25 January 2007. "Why do we need a nuclear deterrent? The answer is because it works. " "Are we prepared to tolerate a world
Last week the government announced plans for a new generation of nuclear plants. But Britain is still dealing with the legacy of its first atomic installation at Sellafield - a toxic waste dump in one of the most contaminated buildings in Europe. As a mul
Meren syvyyksissä keskellä Atlanttia tapahtuneen törmäyksen syytä tutkitaan. Brittilehdet arvelevat syyksi alusten huippuluokkaista tutkanpaljastusteknologiaa, joka esti toisiaan hämääviä sukellusveneitä havaitsemasta toisiaan.