Rob Edwards

Taxpayers bail out bankrupt nuclear plants

from Sunday Herald, 14 July 2002

British Nuclear Fuels, which runs the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria and the Chapelcross nuclear power station in Dumfries and Galloway, has made a £2.1 billion loss because of the huge cost of managing its radioactive waste business.

Beaches break entire season's sewage limit after just one month of summer

from Sunday Herald, 07 July 2002

The filth is back at Scotland's beaches. After just a month of summer, four bathing waters have already broken the safety limits for sewage pollution for the whole season.

Study proves cancer-link chemicals in farm salmon

from Sunday Herald, 07 July 2002
 
Salmon reared in cages around Scotland are contaminated with high levels of toxic chemicals suspected of causing cancer, according to an authoritative new study. The revelation has already sparked a call for consumers to boycott farmed fish.

Secret plan to revive UK nuclear power industry

from New Scientist, 03 July 2002

Deep within the British government, officials are laying secret plans to push through a major programme of new nuclear power stations. According to internal policy briefings leaked to New Scientist, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) wants to speed up safety checks of new reactors and is discussing ways to soften up public opposition to nuclear power.