Nuclear

Cracked reactors force further delays at Hunterston

Rob Edwards on March 19, 2019April 6, 2019

Plans to restart two cracked and ageing reactors at Hunterston in north Ayrshire have again been delayed as operators struggle to convince regulators they are safe.

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We need to scrap Trident, says former nuclear submarine commander

Rob Edwards on June 25, 2018April 6, 2019

Plans to replace Trident should be cancelled to prevent humanity toppling “into a nuclear annihilation abyss,” says former nuclear commander.

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Perfect storm: MoD report says Trident nuclear plans in trouble

Rob Edwards on November 20, 2017April 18, 2019

UK government plans for new Trident submarine reactors are under threat from staff shortages and spending cuts.

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Government ‘failing to protect Scotland from nuclear convoy crash’

Rob Edwards on August 21, 2017April 18, 2019

Scotland is “wholly unprepared” to deal with an accident or an attack on the nuclear bomb convoys that travel across the country.

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Nuclear weapons, Crime and justice

Fears over expanding MoD police role on the Clyde

Rob Edwards on January 9, 2017January 9, 2017

Armed Ministry of Defence police are planning to increase patrols in civilian areas outwith the Clyde nuclear bases, prompting fears about the “increasing militarisation” of the area.

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US plea: don’t dump Dounreay nuclear waste here

Rob Edwards on April 4, 2016April 5, 2016

A US environmental group is urging the UK to look after its own nuclear waste, and not dump it in the US.

Concerns over nuclear safety at Rosyth after exercise failures

Rob Edwards on January 14, 2016January 18, 2016

The safety regime at the Rosyth naval dockyard in Fife has been called into question.

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RBS under fire over £4.5bn backing for nuclear bomb companies

Rob Edwards on November 23, 2015July 18, 2016

RBS has been accused of making money from weapons of mass destruction

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Trident is a disaster waiting to happen, says nuclear whistleblower

Rob Edwards on May 20, 2015February 8, 2017

Trident submarines are plagued by serious security lapses, beset by multiple safety blunders and “a disaster waiting to happen”, according to a nuclear weapons engineer turned whistleblower now being hunted by the police.

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Nuclear

Environment

Cracked reactors force further delays at Hunterston

Nuclear weapons

We need to scrap Trident, says former nuclear submarine commander

Nuclear weapons

Perfect storm: MoD report says Trident nuclear plans in trouble

Nuclear weapons

Government ‘failing to protect Scotland from nuclear convoy crash’

Nuclear weapons, Crime and justice

Fears over expanding MoD police role on the Clyde

Environment

US plea: don’t dump Dounreay nuclear waste here

Environment

Concerns over nuclear safety at Rosyth after exercise failures

Finance, Nuclear weapons

RBS under fire over £4.5bn backing for nuclear bomb companies

Nuclear weapons

Trident is a disaster waiting to happen, says nuclear whistleblower

Adoption charities taking over Kinship carer service is ‘slap in the face’

Twenty children killed in Yemen since UK resumed selling bombs to Saudi Arabia

Scots landlords served hundreds of eviction notices during lockdown

FFS explains: How were Scottish pupils’ final grades decided?