This video updates on our 2019 report which highlighted problems arising in the UK nuclear weapons programme, the overall total cost of the programme and the need for policy changes to address a situation that is becoming increasingly unsustainable.
Faslane & Coulport latest news
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Babcock submarine repairs: two electrical safety failures in two months
Improvement notices were issued by ONR for both events.
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Webinar: The Life and Work of John Ainslie
9th November 14:00 GMT, reflections on John Ainslie’s contributions to the nuclear disarmament movement and its continued relevance….Watch here
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Extreme Circumstances: The UK’s new nuclear warhead in context
This new research report gathers together all available information from UK and US sources on the replacement nuclear warhead programme.
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New report – Extreme circumstances: The UK’s new nuclear warhead in context
Out now!
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£1.3 billion to be spent upgrading Faslane and Coulport bases
The money is not included in the budget for the Dreadnought submarine programme
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Scottish National Heritage report warns of future flooding risk at Faslane
The report considered the impact of sea level rises under a 'high emissions' climate change scenario.
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The £73m annual bill for policing the UK’s military nuclear programme
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Revealed: the 2012 Faslane safety incident which led to radiation exposure for twenty workers
Twenty workers repairing a Trident nuclear weapons submarine at the Faslane naval base received unplanned doses of radiation because of a “prolonged and repeated failure” by Royal Navy personnel according to formerly unpublished documents obtained by Nuclear Information Service. The documents, released under the Freedom of Information Act after a two year wait (available […]
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£500 million refurbishment for Faslane announced by Chancellor
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced that at least £500 million will be spent at HM Naval Base Clyde to ready the base to receive new 'Successor' Trident replacement submarines and become the centre of UK submarine operations for the next generation.
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Cancellation of Trident programme would have limited impact on Scottish jobs
A new report published jointly by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament shows that many of the skills used by Scottish workers in the Trident nuclear weapons programme could be transferred to other non-Trident submarine work, surface warship work or economic development activity in alternative areas.
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Nuclear safety incidents soar at Clyde submarine base
The number of radiation safety incidents at the Clyde naval base where the UK's Trident nuclear weapons submarines are based has risen by more than 50 per cent over a year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Defence.