Bristol has no evacuation plan for potential nuclear accidents at Hinkley and Oldbury

The Bristol group of South West Against Nuclear (SWAN) have been trying since last summer to get information from Bristol City Council on their evacuation plans for the city in the event of an emergency situation at either of the nuclear power stations nearby.  These are at Oldbury, South Glos., to the north and at Hinkley Point, Somerset, to the south.  We feel urgency about the necessity of evacuation plans since there are active plans now to build huge new nuclear reactors at both of these sites, in addition to the existing ones.

Finally we hear from them that they have no statutory duty to prepare off site plans for any nuclear power station incident, both places being officially deemed to be too far away, Oldbury at over 15 kms and Hinkley at 40 miles.  It is scary to think that both the USA and France recommend evacuation plans for such incidents at 50 miles.  However we are told, Bristol is entitled to be 'warned' in the event of a nuclear incident, and in the envisaged possible worst case scenario of being "threatened by a plume" people would be advised to shelter, not evacuate.

In the light of experience from last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster and ongoing effects of radiation over a huge surrounding area, we are holding an action to SURROUND AND BLOCKADE the nuclear power station at Hinkley on the 1st anniversary of the start of the Japanese calamity on the 10TH /11TH MARCH.  Pledge now to join the action and stop the building of new nuclear Hinkley C. Stop New Nuclear in its tracks!

Email:  campaign@stopnewnuclear.org.uk    or   swanactive@gmail.com.

Swan has regular meetings on Weds at 19:30 at

Kebele,14 Robertson Rd Easton, Bristol