"Britain has had a rude awakening to the realities of climate change and its effects are already here no longer knocking on the window, but bursting through the door. Humans must adapt, if not for ourselves, for those to come." www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/brit...

The summer Britain realised climate change was real – and has consequences

The extreme conditions this summer have laid bare the reality of what a Britain subjected to ever-increasing temperatures will look like.

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"It is time to accept the fact that civil reactors and associated spent fuel, high and medium level radioactive waste stores are on the front-line of an increasingly unstable world – and all that implies for the nuclear arena." nct-cbnw.com/civil-nuclea...

Civil Nuclear Security Risk in an Increasingly Unstable World - NCT CBNW

By Dr. Paul Dorfman, Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group As the established nuclear order gradually breaks apart and co-operative security increasingly takes a back seat to poorly defined competition, ris...

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"Operating expenditure at the Civil Nuclear Police Authority increased to £178.7 million during 2025-26, while reported workplace stress cases rose from 29 to 54" ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nuclear-poli...

Nuclear police costs rise as stress cases nearly double

Operating expenditure at the Civil Nuclear Police Authority rose by almost £25 million during 2025-26, while reported workplace stress cases increased by 86% during a year of expansion, site closures ...

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"We've caused a lot of climate issues...also...ecological issues We haven't found a way yet...of humans living in any sort of harmony with the natural processes of the planet & we are deeply reliant on these natural processes We're destroying our own home" youtu.be/mBFos_T7cT0?...

Ex-Oil Engineer Turned Climate Whistleblower: We Face COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Kevin Anderson

YouTube video by Novara Media

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"What if the biggest threat to UK national security isn't conventional warfare, it isn't a hostile state or a terrorist network but rather the collapse of the natural world itself. What if the government knew yet tried to make sure we never found out." youtu.be/RJUKR99izKU?...

The Secret Security Threat The Government Don’t Want Us To Know. | FIRST LOOK

YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics

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Re Sizewell C..."The calculus is simple: for 60 yrs of power, we leave a 240,000-year plutonium liability to future generations. The putative ‘solution’ to that problem is mooted as geological ‘disposal’. [but] a GDF is [really] a Geological Storage Facility." See... papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

"Now people are asking aloud: why is Burnham ignoring what is in front of his face – the devastating impact of climate breakdown on the country & its citizens? "As the PM tours every region of the UK, it will be hard to miss...1/2 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?

Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic

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This government is busy using huge sums of public funds & electricity consumer money to line the pockets of big business who are riding the Sizewell C Gravy Train! Private Eye: "A government contract initially worth £16m had, by last July, become a £32m deal for "legal and commercial matters..."

We just cant count on nuclear, when the heat is on...:) www.reuters.com/business/ene...

"Our route to resilience lies in remembering the UK is, & must again become, a wet country. Govt must rapidly cut emissions & put nature recovery at the heart of climate adaptation to hold water, support wildlife, & protect communities from floods & drought." www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/craig-b...

We drained Britain dry. Now we are watching it burn | The Wildlife Trusts

Britain faces summers of extreme heat, drought and wildfires. The solution to help us adapt is more nature - not less.

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"...at least 5.9 billion fish, crustaceans & jellyfish are sucked into reactor cooling systems & killed by [France's] nuclear facilities every year. The revival of France's nuclear program would only worsen these figures...to 7.7 billion a year..." www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

Nearly six billion fish, crustaceans and jellyfish fall victim to French nuclear power plants every year

Based on internal documents from France's electric utility company, NGOs warn of the impact reactor cooling systems have on aquatic life. EDF maintains that this has no effect on the survival of speci...

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Nuclear is not fit for our age: #NoNewNuclear www.politico.eu/article/swar...

Swarming jellyfish overrun French nuclear plant on same date two years in a row

The jellyfish invasion is the latest in a series of climate change-driven incidents that have affected a record number of French nuclear reactors over the summer.

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"Cllr Paul Ashdown criticised Sizewell C for not being ‘bothered to come and sit with us’ and moved to defer the decision to allow for a site visit...We are apprehensive at this scale that we don't end up with substandard caravans..." www.eadt.co.uk/news/2645704...

Holiday park expansion for Sizewell C workers delayed after no-show

The expansion of a holiday park for workers involved in building a nuclear power plant has been delayed after a no-show.

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Nuclear not 24/7! Gravelines France "Reactors 2, 3 & 4 were taken offline due to the swarm & reactor 1 was ​limited to 50% of output as a preventative measure. Reactor 5 was already offline for maintenance...EDF said." Pood old jellyfish 😥 www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Jellyfish-hit French nuclear plant shuts down three reactors

Three reactors at ‌France's Gravelines nuclear power plant were shut down late on Monday due to a massive swarm of jellyfish, triggering preventative measures put in place last year after the entire p...

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World’s seas have hit hottest temperature on record for July, say scientists. Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023. The world’s seas were hotter last month than in any July on record. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s seas have hit hottest temperature on record for July, say scientists

Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023

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"nuclear power has demonstrated what is known as “negative learning” — in other words, the longer it has been around, the more expensive and slower to deploy it has become — renewable energy is getting faster and cheaper almost by the month." www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nucl...

Nuclear power’s ‘second renaissance’ is built on a myth

SO WHY the sudden renewed enthusiasm for nuclear power? Although nuclear power has been in existence as a commercial energy source since the 1950s, it is now finding itself eclipsed as a technology by...

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Yet again, Sizewell C is a threat to Suffolk's wildlife! "Concerns were raised about how the development could impact the local area, habitats, and wildlife, not least the species of rare nesting birds, little terns..." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pontins Pakefield's plan to house hundreds more Sizewell workers

Britannia Jinkey Jersey Ltd wants to build 340 new caravan pitches for workers building the plant.

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The National Trust "is asking people to sign a petition calling on Govt to make tackling climate change a national mission...to better protect wildlife, landscapes & communities in the face of more frequent heatwaves, drought & record-breaking temperatures" www.nationaltrust.org.uk/services/med...

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One week after Dunwich Heath wildfire, the National Trust asks people to sign a petition calling Government to make tackling climate change a national mission.

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"We are living in an era of extremes, and my fear is that – without urgent action – the worst is still to come. In this context, climate denial and delay isn’t just delusional – it’s deadly." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan

Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

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'Focusing narrowly on reactor operations, portraying reactor hazards as “extremely small”, and ignoring nuclear energy's other dangers - supports mendacious narrative that nuclear is “safe, clean, and affordable” solution to electricity demand and climate change.' www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The false promise of nuclear power

By focusing narrowly on reactor operations, portraying reactor hazards as “extremely small”, and ignoring nuclear energy's other dangers, Talha Burki's World Report1 supports the mendacious narrative ...

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New report about Sizewell C's flood & erosion risk: "...there is an obvious contingency of shoreline retreat across the low-lying Greater Sizewell Bay & there is a need to study its implications to sea-defence design resilience & cost for Sizewell C" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group on Sizewell C: "….building a colossus on a shrinking coastline in an area of environmental sensitivity is morally offensive and rationally unreasonable." Absolutely, couldn't agree more. www.banng.info/news/regiona...

Stop Hinkley: "With predicted sea level rises & extreme weather events, this process [storing spent fuel on site] will become increasingly dangerous on the low-level eroding coastline of Hinkley Point. [likewise for Sizewell B & C] “We would...1/2 www.wsfp.co.uk/news/stop-hi...

Stop Hinkley campaigners highlight storage of nuclear waste in West Somerset

ANTI-nuclear campaigners staged a protest near the cluster of Hinkley Point power stations on the West Somerset coast on Thursday (August 6) to coincide with ‘Hiroshima Day’.

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And can be vulnerable to floods, fires and being attacked by enemies.... All in all, a very, very bad idea.

not only do data centers need tons of water, also nuclear plants need it

Together Against Sizewell C@sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · last wk.

"Romania raced on Thursday to sink four barges laden with rock into the Danube River in an attempt to redirect water downstream toward a nuclear power plant, to buy more time before its second reactor is likely forced offline due to record-low water levels." www.dailymail.com/wires/ap/art...

"Investing in people, partnerships and prevention alongside specialist firefighting capability is likely to be one of the UK’s most cost-effective long-term investments in wildfire resilience." theconversation.com/firefighting...

Firefighting aircraft aren’t enough – Britain needs to build a wildfire-resilient society that involves everyone

The most effective wildfire risk reduction happens long before the first 999 call.

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The petition for a televised emergency briefing just passed 50,000. Thanks for your help. What if everyone who’s signed it asks one other friend or family member to do so…. 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp

"Romania raced on Thursday to sink four barges laden with rock into the Danube River in an attempt to redirect water downstream toward a nuclear power plant, to buy more time before its second reactor is likely forced offline due to record-low water levels." www.dailymail.com/wires/ap/art...

Romania rushes to sink 4 barges in the Danube to keep a nuclear...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania raced on Thursday to sink four barges laden with rock into the Danube River in an attempt to redirect water downstream...

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Government ‘continues to ignore warnings’ as wildfire near Sizewell B. Blaze 'highlights the vulnerabilities of nuclear infrastructure to the impacts of climate change'. www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...

Government 'ignores warnings' as wildfire rages near Sizewell B

The blaze has stoked concerns around climate-related planning for nuclear power stations.

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TASC: Proceeding with a project vulnerable to extreme weather events betrays future generations. They will bear the financial & environmental burden of safeguarding Sizewell C & its 3,900 tonnes of onsite radioactive waste until its decommissioning in 2160 www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...

Government 'ignores warnings' as wildfire rages near Sizewell B

The blaze has stoked concerns around climate-related planning for nuclear power stations.

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