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Sellafield, broomsticks and the human cost of nuclear power

Sellafield, broomsticks and the human cost of nuclear power

Blog entry by Justin McKeating | 18 November, 2010 2 comments

Sellafield - © Greenpeace / Nick Cobbing How should we describe the scandal that came out of the UK’s Sellafield nuclear facility this week ? Grotesque? Sick? Organs and bones were illegally harvested from the bodies...

Generation III nuclear reactors: late again

Generation III nuclear reactors: late again

Blog entry by jmckeati | 25 June, 2010 1 comment

Yesterday we brought you more of the continuing and farcical story of the state of the art European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) being built by AREVA at Olkiluoto in Finland. The many, many diverse delays incompetence in the project have...

Nuclear power and coalition government

Nuclear power and coalition government

Blog entry by jmckeati | 12 May, 2010 2 comments

Things have got very interesting for the future of the nuclear ‘renaissance’ in Europe in the last few days. Suddenly, things don’t look so optimistic for the nuclear industry. In Germany on Sunday, Angela Merkel’s coalition...

Anti-Fracking Protest in UK

Anti-Fracking Protest in UK

Image | 4 March, 2013 at 18:14

Greenpeace campaigners block the village green in Chancellor George Osborne’s Tatton constituency, erecting mock drilling rigs and other fracking equipment, while climbers have occupied the first floor balcony of his constituency office building...

Climate killers - honorable mentions

Background | 4 June, 2007 at 22:17

These countries are well behind the USA, and not in the top four list of climate killers. However, they are doing significant damage.

Since we last spoke

Blog entry by jmckeati | 21 June, 2010

Hello! Nuclear Reaction is back from a two week break. What’s happened in the wacky world of nuclear power while we’ve been away? In the UK, the government is preparing to allow what amounts to a multi-billion pound hand-out to...

UK Home Office: ancient forest crime scene

UK Home Office: ancient forest crime scene

Image | 7 July, 2010 at 2:06

Greenpeace activists declared the site of the UK's new Home Office Headquarters in 2003 an ancient forest crime scene, while climbers hung a banner from a crane reading "Rainforest Demolition Site". Greenpeace's undercover investigations revealed...

Branding pallets of Amazonian plywood at Tilbury Docks, UK

Branding pallets of Amazonian plywood at Tilbury Docks, UK

Image | 7 July, 2010 at 1:57

Greenpeace volunteers brand pallets of Amazonian plywood with "Protect the Amazon - Stop Criminal Timber Imports" at the UK's Tilbury Docks in 2000 with stencils and red paint so importers and consumers would know where the timber originated.

Yes to trains, No to planes

Yes to trains, No to planes

Image | 14 November, 2007 at 18:30

Giving credits where they're due, Greenpeace climbers scaled St Pancras station in London to celebrate the new arrival of the Eurostar train in 2007. The development of high speed train in Europe reduces the need for planes, a mode of...

Greenpeace activists dump over a tonne of

Greenpeace activists dump over a tonne of

Image | 19 October, 2005 at 2:00

Greenpeace activists dump over a tonne of plywood secured with large chains blocking the entrance to DEFRA, the UK Government's department responsible for the environment.

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