{"id":1395,"date":"2025-09-30T08:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2025-10-18T08:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T08:23:36","slug":"countering-capenhust-autumn-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/?p=1395","title":{"rendered":"Countering Capenhurst &#8211; Autumn 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We can not view URENCO and Capenhurst in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The activities of URENCO at Capenhurst are a key part of the way in the Nukiller industry operates, and need to be curtailed as a part of the campaign to close down all existing and proposed new reactors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is why we are equally concerned about what goes on at Whitehaven, Barrow,<br>Drigg, Springfield, and all the other existing nukiller plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This extends to a the mining of and transport of Uranium following through to that of dealing with Nukiller waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the size of all these problems we need to think about and commit ourselves to some very long term campaigning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">DRS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the current closure of many parts of the West Cumbrian Railway line for repairs which started of late, we have not seen any reports of any waste trains going to or from Sellafield\/Windscale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest news report states that the tunnel under Whitehaven will be closed upon sometime in the spring of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It might therefore be expected that a lot of such flask movements will take place towards until the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">DRS at 30<br>DRS marked a 30th anniversary during september.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-business-crack wp-block-embed-business-crack\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1YJlWJpNLi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/businesscrack.co.uk\/2025\/09\/22\/rail-operator-drs-marks-30th-anniversary\/\">Rail operator DRS marks 30th anniversary<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Rail operator DRS marks 30th anniversary&#8221; &#8212; Business Crack\" src=\"https:\/\/businesscrack.co.uk\/2025\/09\/22\/rail-operator-drs-marks-30th-anniversary\/embed\/#?secret=jVqZBEbU7p#?secret=1YJlWJpNLi\" data-secret=\"1YJlWJpNLi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>URENCO and Capenhurst News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slovakia and Urenco sign enriched uranium supply contract<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.world-nuclear-news.org\/articles\/slovakia-and-urenco-sign-enriched-uranium-contract\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Other News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Nukiller Waste<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new report by the Public Accounts Committee finds that the removal of nuclear waste from ageing buildings at Sellafield \u2013 the UK\u2019s most<br>hazardous nuclear site \u2013 is progressing too slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-nuclear-information-service wp-block-embed-nuclear-information-service\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ygal6i1P1H\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearinfo.org\/article\/sellafield-nuclear-waste\/\">Sellafield Nuclear Waste<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sellafield Nuclear Waste&#8221; &#8212; Nuclear Information Service\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearinfo.org\/article\/sellafield-nuclear-waste\/embed\/#?secret=kn530xNuSx#?secret=Ygal6i1P1H\" data-secret=\"Ygal6i1P1H\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Letter to Nuclear Issues Board of Cumberland Council,<br>Plutonium, Public Money and a Perilous Nuclear Dump on the Lake District Coast, a Letter to Cumberland Council\u2019s \u201cNuclear Issues&nbsp;Board\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-radiation-free-lakeland wp-block-embed-radiation-free-lakeland\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BTIexdHV2T\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mariannewildart.wordpress.com\/2025\/09\/19\/plutonium-public-money-and-a-perilous-nuclear-dump-on-the-lake-district-coast-a-letter-to-cumberland-councils-nuclear-issues-board\/\">Plutonium, Public Money and a Perilous Nuclear Dump on the Lake District Coast, a Letter to Cumberland Council\u2019s \u201cNuclear Issues&nbsp;Board&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Plutonium, Public Money and a Perilous Nuclear Dump on the Lake District Coast, a Letter to Cumberland Council\u2019s \u201cNuclear Issues&nbsp;Board&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Radiation Free Lakeland\" src=\"https:\/\/mariannewildart.wordpress.com\/2025\/09\/19\/plutonium-public-money-and-a-perilous-nuclear-dump-on-the-lake-district-coast-a-letter-to-cumberland-councils-nuclear-issues-board\/embed\/#?secret=320CELUu1X#?secret=BTIexdHV2T\" data-secret=\"BTIexdHV2T\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Dungeness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire safety failings have been uncovered at the Dungeness plant in Kent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/romney-marsh\/news\/fire-safety-improvements-required-at-power-station-328268\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Costing Sizewell C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public could be expected to pay for up to \u00a312bn of decommissioning costs<br>of the Sizewell C&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-new-civil-engineer wp-block-embed-new-civil-engineer\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8VSCyKTY2P\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcivilengineer.com\/latest\/sizewell-c-public-on-the-hook-for-decommissioning-costs-of-up-to-12bn-03-09-2025\/\">Sizewell C | Public on the hook for decommissioning costs of up to \u00a312bn<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sizewell C | Public on the hook for decommissioning costs of up to \u00a312bn&#8221; &#8212; New Civil Engineer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcivilengineer.com\/latest\/sizewell-c-public-on-the-hook-for-decommissioning-costs-of-up-to-12bn-03-09-2025\/embed\/#?secret=pSzkZ6n0wy#?secret=8VSCyKTY2P\" data-secret=\"8VSCyKTY2P\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Coming events<br>Future Actions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leafleting about the DRS Nukiller Waste Trains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some Nukiller Waste Trains leafleting has done in Warrington on several<br>occasions since July&nbsp; and more will be done over the next few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would like to undertake more leafleting at such stations such as Preston, and Wigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;We need more activists in order to make these events happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can not view URENCO and Capenhurst in isolation. The activities of URENCO at Capenhurst are a key part of the way in the Nukiller industry operates, and need to be curtailed as a part of the campaign to close down all existing and proposed new reactors. 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