{"id":940,"date":"2019-04-08T07:54:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T07:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/?p=940"},"modified":"2022-07-14T20:15:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:15:12","slug":"capenhurst-the-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/?p=940","title":{"rendered":"Capenhurst \u2013 The Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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<\/strong>Capenhurst \u2013 the Facts<\/strong><\/em>

A pamphlet that takes a critical look at URENCO\u2019s Capenhurst uranium enrichment plant in Cheshire has been published by the Close Capenhurst Campaign.\u00a0

<\/strong>Capenhurst \u2013 the Facts <\/strong><\/em>is the first publication of its kind. The report includes a description of URENCO\u2019s activities, transport of material, accidents that have occurred, the tailings plant that will store depleted uranium hexafluoride for years to come, and storage of submarine reactors. <\/strong>

Although the Capenhurst uranium enrichment plant plays a key part in the nuclear cycle, its functions \u2013 and indeed its existence \u2013 have been largely unknown to the general public.\u00a0 <\/strong>

The 20-page pamphlet\u00a0 is available for \u00a32 from <\/strong>
closecapenhurst@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>

It can also be read <\/strong>online<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong>

\u201c<\/strong>Without a doubt, there are very real concerns about the lack of transparency surrounding Capenhurst\u2019s activities \u2013\u00a0the adequacy\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>of nuclear safeguards at Capenhurst, environmental\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>and public health risks associated with Capenhurst\u2019s routine operations, as well as incidents and accidents associated with Capenhurst\u2019s management of uranium hexafluoride.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>
Dr Paul Dorfman\u00a0 The Energy Institute University College London

<\/strong>\u201cThe uranium hexafluoride (UF6) containers in your photos are of the type 48Y which is designated as a Type B cask that is required to sustain immersion in a fire of 800\u00b0C for 30 minutes \u2013 this test condition is not that particularly onerous, neither in temperature nor duration of\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>the immersing fire.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>
John Large <\/strong>(in an email to Radiation Free Lakeland)<\/strong><\/em> John Large was the Leading independent analyst of safety and security in the nuclear industry up until the time of his death, aged 75, from a heart attack in 2018

<\/strong>Capenhurst, The Facts is \u201cquite wonderful, congratulations\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> Helen Caldicott\u00a0 Founding President of Physicians for Social Responsibility \u2013 The umbrella organisation <\/strong>International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War<\/strong><\/a> was awarded the <\/strong>Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong><\/a> in 1985
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<\/strong>Contacts:<\/strong><\/em>
<\/strong>The Author Lowana Veal T:\u00a0 00354 5577045, 00354 6991522.<\/strong><\/em>
<\/strong>Close Capenhurst T 0151 7060575. M. 07951965499<\/strong><\/em>
<\/strong>Publisher – Wildart Books. 015395 63671<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Capenhurst \u2013 the Facts A pamphlet that takes a critical look at URENCO\u2019s Capenhurst uranium enrichment plant in Cheshire has been published by the Close Capenhurst Campaign.\u00a0 Capenhurst \u2013 the Facts is the first publication of its kind. The report includes a description of URENCO\u2019s activities, transport of material, accidents that have occurred, the tailings … Continue reading Capenhurst \u2013 The Facts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-urenco-as-a-company","category-ccc-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/close-capenhurst.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}