Concerns enormous nuclear development could have adverse impact on Severn estuary wildlife
The plant is spread over a 230 acre site and is expected to be completed in 2023
00:01, 16 MAR 2021
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A new report has raised concerns over the potential impact of the UK s newest power plant on people living in Wales.
Concerns over new Hinkley nuclear plant s potential impact on Newport
It has been recommended that advice be issued within 24 hours to restrict consumption of leafy green vegetables, milk and water across parts of South Wales in the case of an incident
16:52, 16 MAR 2021
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“We continue to support a sustainable settlement at Grazeley.” RBC hopes the plans will help it to meet its housing needs. But the development proposals recently suffered a major blow after developers’ legal challenge against West Berkshire Council’s decision to extend an emergency planning zone failed. The site in Grazeley, which is around one mile from Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield, had been earmarked for a huge ‘garden town’ but the project has been thrown into doubt. That’s because in March 2020, West Berkshire Council extended the Detailed Emergency Planning Zone (DEPZ) around the factory, meaning it now covers the site where Grazeley was planned.
The site in Grazeley had been earmarked for 15,000 homes DEVELOPERS wanting to build up to 15,000 homes near a nuclear weapons factory in West Berkshire have suffered a major blow after they lost a legal battle. The site in Grazeley, which is around one mile from AWE Burghfield, had been earmarked for a huge ‘garden town’ but the project has been thrown into doubt. That’s because in March 2020, West Berkshire Council extended the Detailed Emergency Planning Zone (DEPZ) around the factory and it now covers that site. Anyone in the zone can be affected by a “reasonably foreseeable” radiation emergency and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) says it’s not safe to build thousands of homes there because it would be “challenging” to evacuate or shelter all the residents quickly during a radiation emergency.