nuclear power
OIC support Iranian nuclear program at UN
Foreign ministers of member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Tuesday called for disarmament and expressed support for Iranian peaceful nuclear program.
The foreign ministers held their annual coordination meeting on the sidelines of the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The foreign ministers studied the problems facing Islamic states and called for solidarity of the Islamic nations to deal with the challenges.
Hunterston power station strike picket reports
Striking workers' reports from the picket line of the second day of the second week of industrial action at the Hunterston nuclear power plant.
Picket line again at roundabout on A78 (British Energy are not getting involved with our dispute yet again).
Hunterston nuclear power station - interview
As part of our continued coverage of the stike of Balfour Kilpatrick employees at Hunterston nuclear power station, libcom.org interviewed one of the workers on strike.
The interviewee is an electrician who has worked for BK for over 20 years.
Why do you think Balfour Kilpatrick is withdrawing the 50p/hour at this point after thirty years?
Two Reasons:
1. In order to maintain their own commercial level of profitability.
Picket line update from Hunterston nuclear power station
The second week of industrial action at Hunterston nuclear power station began today. We present this report by one of the striking workers from today's picket line.
The 1st day of our 2nd week of industrial action took place today.
Our picket line was moved to the roundabout on the busy A78. This was under protest from ourselves, AMICUS the union, and the local police force against British Energy, who had threatened legal action against us for protesting on their land.
Hunterston nuclear power station "dirty tricks"
British Energy and British Nuclear Group keep up the pressure on striking workers at Hunterston.
British Energy and British Nuclear Group, who've stated that they won't get involved in the dispute between Amicus and Balfour Kilpatrick, have warned all employees and contractors not to stop and talk to the official Amicus picket at Hunterston Nuclear Power station
Hunterston nuclear plant - strike update
Following the 2 day strike Balfour Kilpatrick bosses remain adamant that they won’t return the 50p enhancement to electricians pay that had been in place for 30 years.
Other developments:
> British Nuclear Group ban overtime for contractors who refused to cross the picket
> British Energy seeks an injunction to stop the planned strike action from being held on the public access road to the 2 power stations
Hunterston nuclear power station workers on strike
Workers employed by Balfour Kilpatrick at Hunterston nuclear power station began a series of weekly strikes today.
The decision to take strike action came after management withdrew a 50p/hour bonus that had been in place for 30 years. There are around 40 employees, members of the Amicus union, involved in the strikes, which will occur every Tuesday and Wednesday indefinitely.
Abyss
A powerful post-Chernobyl critique of nuclear power, its fallout, the science and society that produced it: a critique that remains, unfortunately, as relevant as ever...
First published in L'Encyclopedie des Nuisances No. 8, France, August 1986. Translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith, 1989.
Abyss
L'Encyclopedie
des Nuisances (1986)
Russian gas crisis boost for the nuclear lobby
The gas-dispute between Russia and Ukraine earlier this month has been a gift to the British nuclear industry, and could not have come at a better time for the pro-nuclear forces that are working over-time to secure a new generation of nuclear reactors across Britain.
In early January, Russia restricted the supply of gas to its neighbour Ukraine. The Russian state gas company, Gazprom, suddenly increased the price of gas Ukraine was paying from the heavily subsidized rate of $50 per 1,000 cubic metres to the market rate of some $230 per 1,000 cubic metres . Not surprisingly, Ukraine refused to pay.
New Labour goes nuclear
Just when you thought it could get no worse, New Labour goes nuclear.
The whispering campaign around the push for nuclear power has been gaining momentum since last year. Until then Britain’s nuclear programme seemed to have been largely written off as the costly and dangerous failure it was. Nobody even knows how to safely decommission the power stations already built or store the radioactive waste already produced.
