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

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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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Legal arguments to be heard over Z-berth plan

2003-08-29 23:00

On 8th September Southampton City Council Cabinet Committee is to consider a proposed safety plan to allow nuclear powered submarines into Southampton Docks for the third time this year.

The British Navy is pushing to use the commercial docks for PR and recruiting visits, but SCANS view is that the risk of a nuclear accident or terrorist attack on a submarine berthed in the city is unnecessary.

On 8th September the Council will hear legal argument from SCANS lawyer Jamie Woolley, who will explain that the Council is obliged to see that any nuclear activity of the Navy is justified in compliance with EU law. Liability on the Councillors to meet possible claims after an accident is an additional reason not to approve this Z Berth. The Navy claims that the council will be taken to court if it refuses to approve the safety plan. "If there were a nuclear plant in the docks, there would obviously be a need for a safety plan, however inadequate", said Di McDonald. "But there is no plant and there is no risk - so why create one unnecessarily?"