Wake up, we're about to be nuked

With much of south Wales in the blast zone of Hinkley Point nuclear power station, and plans afoot to build a new generation nuclear plant on the site, Stop New Nuclear is planning a mass trespass on the new  development site. There will be a protest camp from the 5th-9th of October with demonstrations on the 6th, and a "Reclaim Hinkley" day of action on the 8th.

As of April 2010, the UK has nearly 5,000,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste, (nearly 150,000 of it in Wales), despite the fact that this waste will never go away, whether more power stations are built or not, we cannot allow this poisonous legacy to be used to justify further expansion. It should stiffen our resolve to never let more radioactive material be created. The plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations provide us with an opportunity to focus our attention on what the legacy we already have means, and how to deal with it. In our transition from an energy abundant world, to one where energy use has contributed to a much reduced carrying capacity, we face some pretty stiff challenges.