Chernobyl

Moreover, the rain that fell in Wales following the explosion caused radioactive pollution, even though we were 1,600 miles away. As a result, there has been a serious impact on the agricultural industry, with upland lamb being banned from entering the food chain until tests show that the level of Caesium-137 radiation has been adequately reduced. Bans were issued on 9,800 farms, most of them in Wales and Cumbria. The final bans were not lifted until 2012 – 26 years after the explosion. hy mention this now? Because Chernobyl is in a country that is in the middle of war; a country that contains other nuclear reactors such as Zaporizhzhia, the largest nuclear complex in Europe. Because a shell built over the reactor at Chernobyl in order to prevent radiation from escaping was hit by a Russian drone on the 14th of February this year. Because it is the first war that is being fought on the land of a country where there are active nuclear reactors. And because this nightmare could happen to us. NUCLEAR STATION = WAR TARGET With all the talk of preparing for war by political parties in Westminster, the British State’s obsession with nuclear energy and nuclear weapons is extremely dangerous. Consider that Starmer wants to see nuclear plants all over the State! All would be a target in war. And all need to be protected by special police. All of this is another reason for opposing nuclear, though there are enough already – the radioactive waste without a long-term solution; the fact that waste would be on site for over a century; the dangers of fire; the fact that it will not be possible to build enough nuclear to have an impact on climate change; the diversion of funds and resources from renewable energy; the environmental mess associated with uranium mining; the threat to the Welsh language by thousands of workers for a large station; the likelihood that relatively few workers would be needed for a Modular Reactor (SMR); the extreme cost.

PAWB 25th April 2025

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