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Greenpeace investigation shows that replacing Trident will cost £97 billion

An investigation by Greenpeace has shown that the costs of replacing Trident will total £97 billion over the whole life of the project – far above the £20 billion figure usually quoted by the government.

Trident: In The Firing Line from Greenpeace UK.

Calls for greater transparency at AWE following contamination incident

A radioactive contamination incident at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston in June 2009 was hushed up by site managers, fuelling calls for greater honesty and transparency about operations at the factory.

NIS calls for end to plutonium production

NIS's response to government consultation on plutonium management calls for plutonium production to cease as quickly as possible and for current stocks to be treated as waste.

NIS supports independent Nuclear Installations Inspectorate

NIS is supporting government proposals to reorganise the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate into an independent new body.

Anniversary - an Act of Memory

Declaration of Human Rights event, Anniversary - an Act of Memory by Monica Ross marks the retirement of Di McDonald from NIS with a tribute analysis by contemporary art curator, Ele Carpenter

Artist Monica Ross performing *Anniversary - an Act of Memory *- the UN Declaration of Human Rights House of Commons 14th July 2009

Spending on Trident or child poverty?

Political assessment of Aldermaston recruitment and the prospects for not renewing Trident in a Letter to the Guardian by Dr David Lowry 2nd May 2009

Faslane Safety Failures

Two stories on the safety failings at the Faslane base.

Devastating admissions about one of Britain’s most significant nuclear sites are disclosed in MoD documents released under the Freedom of Information Act...

Safety failings are "a recurring theme" at the nuclear submarine base at Faslane. The transfer of three Trafalgar class submarines to Faslane is causing public alarm on the Clyde...