AN Exmoor parish council chairman is demandingthe Environment Agency explain why it has dropped a requirement for HinkleyPoint C nuclear power station to use acoustic fish deterrents (AFDs) in itswater intakes in the Bristol Channel. Anti-nuclear campaigners fear 11 billion fish could be killed during the 60-year lifetime of the £27 billion power station if…
The Environment Agency has granted a contentious water discharge activity (WDA) permit to NNB Generation Company at Hinkley Point C near Burnham-On-Sea.