'Sailors' protest at Bradwell

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There is a silent vigil planned for 2pm to 4pm on Sunday, 9th August off the Bradwell shore to protest against plans for the building of a new power station (if they do it will be much much bigger. something like 6 times the power output of the old one)

See www.banng.org.uk
 
At the risk of being drummed out of the caring society, I support the building of a new Bradwell.

Is there a supporters vigil too?
 
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I too support Nucleur power but there are places where it could be built where there is no one living downwind. In fact it will probably go there becauwe ofthe potential damage to shellfish and so on. I regret that I seem to know quite a number of people with cancer on this island but of course that's a coincidence. The Government tell us levels here are lower then elsewhere so that's ok.
 
Difficult one this. They have to build them somewhere and everyone would like that to be somewhere else! Somewhere away from population living downwind would seem to be reasonable.

On the website they say one the objections is "Potential restriction on access for recreational use to the Estuary and its foreshore". Except for a limited area around the baffle and inshore of that during the construction phase I can't see why the use of the estuary would be restricted.

I read somewhere that the extension of the railway was a possibility - a plus point.

I am sorry for the residents of W. Mersea.

Not a protester but will have my fingers crossed.
 
tillergirl said:
There is a silent vigil planned for 2pm to 4pm on Sunday, 9th August off the Bradwell shore to protest against plans for the building of a new power station (if they do it will be much much bigger. something like 6 times the power output of the old one)

See www.banng.org.uk
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Yes, I'm a bit on the fence here. Nuclear is clean and needed, but heck it can go so wrong.

I think ultimately, it's going to bring a load of jobs to the area, and help get rid of those dirty coal monsters, so I'd have to swing for pro power station. I'll probably take part in the silence though, but only because I have nobody to speak to :p
 
So where would you like your power to come from? Oil is not going to last forever (personally I believe it will run out sooner than later) Wind power is unable to provide us all with the level we presently consume, tidal power may be the answer but is in infancy, it appears that nobody wants a wind turbine or a nuclear power station near them but we all want the lights to work when we turn on the switch. At present Nuclear is part of the solution with other alternative means and us all using less.
 
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Yep.....I'll support nuclear.
But can we have a trade-off. IE.No more bl**dy turbines disfiguring the coastline [or anywhere else ].
 
In a perfect world, all the power we need in this country would come from a massive wind farm that for the sake of anywhere better to put it would be Scotland!

Sadly this is not the case as the Jocks would probably get a bit miffed, so next best option has to be Nuclear.

Whilst I fully empathise with Tillergirl that living downwind of a Nuclear Power Station is probably not the best place in the world to be (face it, both Mersea and Brightlingsea would become real 'Hot Spots' if there ever was a problem at a new Bradwell), the country still needs a guaranteed supply of energy for electricity and Nuclear is the most sensible and if managed well, environmentally friendly option.

I doubt that we will be joining the vigil!
 
I am puzzled by all the mention of "being downwind of a power station" I accept that the "prevailing wind" in the UK is SW - NW, but all other directions are not uncommon, usually when you don't want them. In any case on the East coast a sea breeze will come from the E-SE.

My contention is that everywhere has the potential for being downwind?

I am not an opponent of nuclear power, and think that the French probably made the right decision many years ago to go down that route. After all we are forced now to buy a lot of power from them, and it will be even more when we have gone too far in the wind power direction.
 
Downwind in the sense of the prevailing wind - the SW.

Umm - the site is owned by the French already

Actually I am a supporting of nucleur. Just think we've done our bit and time for another place to face the ugly building and whatever risk exists.
 
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Actually I am a supporting of nucleur. Just think we've done our bit and time for another place to face the ugly building and whatever risk exists.
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One of the most expensive bits of building a new power station (or a wind farm, for that matter) is connecting it to the National Grid. That's what makes Bradwell so desirable - the connection is already there.
 
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I must declare as a supporter of the nuclear option. Unless Mersea Island has moved, I cannot see how it can be thought to be downwind of the sw'ly prevailing wind when it has blown over the reactor.

We should also remember that the last station there, was designed for 25 years and ran for a period of nearer 40 years without any real problem. The output of radionuclieds was less than that produced in a coal burning power station. The new station will be made with modern technology so should be safer. There is strong disinformation campaign by the anti-lobby taking place in the local papers. Twas ever thus.

The coupling of 24 hr nuclear with stored-hydroelectric for peak periods; the 'header tank' being refilled overnight by the nuclear and the hydro on tap to boost. A huge battery so to speak.

So far as the cancer peaks are concerned this has been noted in all large scale construction projects and has been attributed to a transmitterable effect. The Govt papers on the Bradwell site all show no link.
 
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Are you suggesting we nuke Scotland?

If so - could we get them to give us the whisky recipe first?
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There is a distillery just along the road from me in Norfolk making whisky - they started last year so only about 10 years to wait now until it is drinkable.

My 2 weeks in the Western Isles has changed my view of Malts!
 
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