Leaked documents passed on to a French campaign group show that the design and mechanics of the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) could lead to a Chernobyl-type accident.
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Protestors blocked the Hinkley Point main gates for almost an hour this liunch-time as they demonstrated against the premature destruction of upto 435 acres of open land and wildlife habitats before major consents are approved for the two giant reactors proposed by EdF. read full story / add a comment

Campaigners will protest at Hinkley Point on Sunday lunchtime against plans to destroy many acres of open countryside well in advance of major consents being agreed for two proposed nuclear reactors.
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EdF plans to dynamite and bulldoze much of a 435 acre greenfield site at Hinkley, even before they get full planning permission to build two giant reactors. read full story / add a comment

Energy Minister Charles Hendry today announced there will be a re-consultation of the widely criticised Energy National Policy Statements (NPS). Originally expected to be ready by the end of July, Hendry has said it will not be ready until Spring next year when Parliament can debate it. read full story / add a comment

Upto five hundred acres of species-rich woodland, hedgerows and fields may be destroyed by EdF even before it receives full planning consent from the Infrastructure Planing Commission (IPC) to build its two massive nuclear reactors. A large hole will be excavated in preparation for foundations and the adjoining coastline, a protected area, may be cemented and terraced and a huge jetty built into the estuary, in preparation for the eventual building works. All this will involve the movement of a million cubic metres of soil and rock. read full story / add a comment

The anticipated date for the Hinkley C planning application to the Infrastructure Planning Commission has slipped by four months from 2nd August to 1st December. This is the second delay in the application which was originally expected at the beginning of July. read full story / add a comment

A planning application by EdF to dig some twenty trenches close to the village of Shurton has been turned down by West Somerset District Council. read full story / add a comment

The famous environmentalist Jonathon Porritt will speak out against building new reactors at Hinkley Point in a public meeting in Taunton's Temple Methodist Church next Tuesday, 16th March at 7.30pm. read full story / add a comment

Protest outside EdF offices
King Square, Bridgwater
11am on Friday 15th January

Photo-opportunity and interviews for press.
Protestors' dress code: to wear gaffer tape over mouth showing our lost voice in the Hinkley C decision; other 'nuclear' fancy dress eg white dust-suits; placards.

Jim Duffy
Stop Hinkley Coordinator
07798 666756

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PUBLIC MEETING
(Please ignore the Indymedia event notice saying this is on 6th February!) read full story / add a comment

Top environmentalist Professor Tom Burke CBE is giving a boost to Stop Hinkley's campaign to oppose Hinkley C by speaking at a public meeting together with Greenpeace's Ben Ayliffe. Later Jonathon Porritt will also speak in Taunton. read full story / add a comment

This afternoon (Monday) the Government will announce a draft nuclear National Policy Statement (NPS) as part of a package of six such policy statements around energy issues. It will also publish a draft 'Justification' document as part of a EU process new to nuclear new build. read full story / add a comment

EdF, who plan to build two giant reactors at Hinkley Point, have insisted upon a series of supposedly legally binding agreements with Sedgemoor, West Somerset and Somerset Councils allowing EdF to exclude certain planning information from the Freedom of Information Act. (1) This move has occured despite legal advice to councils that they cannot 'contract out' of the Freedom of Information Act. (2) read full story / add a comment

The US safety regulator has deemed that the containment structure of a reactor, possibly destined for Oldbury and other UK sites, 'may not withstand a tornado, earthquake or even high winds'. read full story / add a comment

There is increasing evidence that the plans by foreign companies EdF and Eon to build nuclear reactors in the West Country may be on the wane. read full story / add a comment

Cornwall’s Eden Project is under sustained fire for supporting the French energy giant EDF Energy. EDF is promoting something called Team Green Britain Day, an annual event to promote a more sustainable lifestyle. The project is being promoted in association with the Eden Project to the surprise of environmentalists. read full story / add a comment

Campaigners are worried that regulators' concerns about a French reactor due to be built at Hinkley Point may be overridden when it comes to licensing the design.
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Stop Hinkley has referred Sedgemoor Council's recent donation of public land for the nuclear energy centre to the Audit Commission. It has also reported the donation of £1.9 million by the South West Development Agency (SWRDA) as unfairly subsidising the nuclear industry. read full story / add a comment

The Executive of Sedgemoor District Council has secretly agreed to donate a plot of publicly owned land to the Energy Skills Centre at Bridgwater College. The centre aims to provide training in nuclear skills. read full story / add a comment