Right Now
This is very much an interim issue of Countering Capenhurst.
Aside from having to deal with the effects of Lockdown, we are working upon a number of other related issues, while putting together the groundwork for some further campaigning resources.
In Between all the bad news
During September it was announced that HITACHI is withdrawing from building WYLFA B
We congratulate PAWB (People Against Wylfa B) for all their work in pushing for this outcome.
Meanwhile
‘ A decision on planning consent for the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant project on Anglesey that was due to be made yesterday has been delayed until 31 December, as requested by Horizon Nuclear Power, the UK project developer owned by Japan’s Hitachi.’
DRS
DRS continue to drag nukiller waste flasks to Sellafield [ Windscale ].
The latest ones included –
To and from Torness on July 14th and August 5th
Then in Early September this was the headline on the Devonlive website–
Rare Class 66 train carrying nuclear flasks heads into Plymouth.
‘This was a ‘ very rarely seen DRS Nuclear Flask Train worked down from Crewe Coal Sidings to Devonport Royal Dockyard for the decommissioning of a few submarines down at the Naval base/dockyard down at Devonport.’
DRS Publication.
There is a new glossy publication about DRS
Direct Rail Services: 25 Years of Rail Haulage
This 132 page publication is aimed at train spotters, with lots of colour photographs in it.
Most importantly it lists all the information about the various train engines it uses to haul both goods wagons and nukiller waste flasks.
While it features a number of articles about operations of the nukiller waste trains.
63 Years Later
On October 10th 1957 the Windscale Fire occurred.
To understand just what happened you need to read about the Windscale Piles.
It was one of the first, but by no means the last nukiller reactor disaster.
Future Events
At Present it is extremely difficult to plan an future events due to the current pandemic.
We do however continue to collecting and distributing information about all aspects of the nukiller power industry.
Once it is possible to do so then we will be holding a series of demonstrations outside of various Nukiller plants.
It is also our intention to hold a small face to face gathering to discuss how we continue campaigning once it is possible to do so.
In the meanwhile we will continue to post various updates upon our Facebook page.