Nuclear Information Service

NIS holds a range of information about British nuclear-powered and armed submarines; nuclear safety of Z & X Berths and the MoD’s proposals for the storage of nuclear sections of decommissioned submarines; the Interim Storage of Laid Up Submarines (ISOLUS). You can also read position papers on ISOLUS from the Nuclear Submarine Forum (NsubF) and on "Z" berths from the Solent Coalition Against Nuclear Ships here(SCANS), plus further background information. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/csec /isolus2/isolus-homepage.htm and http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/ pages/content.php3?page=8882

Flood map for AWE Burghfield. Shaded areas represent areas at significant risk of flooding, where the chance of flooding each year is greater than 1.3% (1 in 75).

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NEW NIS Submission to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY CONSULTATION

Global Security: Non-Proliferation

NIS argues that the risks posed by British nuclear weapons production and road transport of warheads threaten each individual citizen and our way of life. Additionally, the risk of a criticality event at the substandard warhead assembly/disassembly facilities at AWE Burghfield is also unacceptable and unjustifiable.

Read the NIS submission to the FCO.

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Nuclear Submarine Not Welcome in Southampton Docks

2008-12-05 18:24

Nuclear powered submarine, HMS Trafalgar arrived into Southampton Docks on Friday morning, before the Sotonsafe Nuclear Safety Plan is due to be tested on 14th January 2009. All emergency services and the City Council are on standby in case there is a problem with this 27 year-old submarine. The 5-day Public Relations Exercise and recruitment drive will be undermined by Trafalgar’s recent nuclear accident at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth and the difficulty in protecting people in the Southampton area and beyond in the event of a nuclear accident.

SCANS demo, Southampton, Dec 08

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