Sizewell Blockade December 2007 - Police

Eight people protested outside Sizewell A & B blocking the road to both plants. Nuclear power is not the answer to climate change.

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News & Politics

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• nuclear
• power
• climate
• change
• sizewell
• direct
• action

[jambed2010]

@plunk502 i have nothing more to say to you.

[plunk502]

@jambed2010 The new reactors are not safe according to EDF! (see article on the Boycott EDF website ). If you think that the energy/CO2 question is about wind or nuclear you are wrong. Even with 20% of electricity from wind or nuclear it only accounts for 4% of our energy needs. What about transport, heating, industry which will continue to use oil and gas. Why not combine electricity production with heating - something called combined heat and power.

[jambed2010]

@plunk502 its funded by the government because they know its the right step forward for the world and the new epr reactors are more modern and safer than ever! the chance of another accident is minimal and also in the new stations they have got new safety pits that even if a meltdown occurs it goes into its own containment unit and is completely harmless also i would like to point out that all the new wind farm projects are in edf's renewable sector so we are trying our best at renewable.

[plunk502]

@jambed2010 Figures are the Digest of UK Energy Statistics published by the DECC. I am not sure how many new connections from nuclear there will be this year - so far on one small (220MW) plant in India. What I am sure about is that the amount of new nuclear will be a lot smaller than the amount of new wind.

What company do you work for? EDF would be bankrupt (£30billion debt) if it was not supported by the French Government.

[jambed2010]

@plunk502 i think i know what the figures are! and how do you know so much if u dont work for them the only other way is if you get your information from a survey or an estimation then its wrong and it doesn't matter what your opinion is because britain is pro nuclear our company is making more profit than ever and with 14 new plants worldwide starting this year people will have to accept it.

[plunk502]

@jambed2010 There has never been long lines of cars since we started contacting security when we blockade - since they used to take at least 15 minutes to notice. There is plenty of adequate parking space outside. If there was an incident at the site we would would remove the blockade to allow emergency vehicles through.

Nuclear produces about 13% of our electricity supply which is 18% of our energy needs i.e. less than 3% of our power - you figure of 80% seems to be a bit out.

[jambed2010]

@plunk502 the working hours are within regulations i would know as i work for them! so what u think is definitely not true and leaving a line of cars about 132 long as thats the day shift numbers in a line on a designated fire safety road breeches a lot of HSE safety laws and it also means the fire safety response team cannot access the station quickly therefor a considerably larger risk also i would like to point out that nuclear is the future as it produces around 80% of the uk's power now.

[plunk502]

@jambed2010 We are aware that workers often do 12hr shifts and we suspect that the Working Time Directive is often breached at nuclear power stations. We think that this is an important issue when it comes to safety at nuclear plants. However, we do not stop fresh workers getting into work since they can walk past our blockades. We do stop deliveries but this is not a safety issue.

You should bring up the problem of long working hours and fatigue with your employers/union not us.

[plunk502]

@jambed2010. 0% of what? CO2 emission from nuclear are at least 65g/KWhr - more than wind. How do you produce 20 million mega tonnes of pressure? Pressure is measured in force per unit area not mass. If you mean 2x10^13 Pa how did they produce that - inside an neutron star? Since 10 on a richter scale has never been observed how did they test it. It seems to me the pro-nuclear lobby are talking a load of crap again.

[jambed2010]

@plunk502 yup the fact it produces 0% co2 and no poisonous gasses and the waste is proof tested and robust tested for up to 20 million mega tonnes of pressure and up to 10 on the richter scale so its the way to go!