Nukewatch and Camcorder Guerillas will launch their film on nuclear warhead transport at 12.30pm on Saturday 29th March at the Glasgow Film Theatre. The film sheds new light on the danger and secrecy surrounding the transport of nuclear warheads on public roads throughout Britain will be launched. Entry is free and DVD copies of the film will be on sale at the venue.
Transport latest news
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NIS Technical Briefing Note August 2007
Ministry of Defence proposals to replace nuclear weapons transport vehicles
On 10th May 2007 the Ministry of Defence provided copies of twelve documents relating to plans to replace the vehicles used to transport nuclear material by road to Caroline Lucas MEP in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
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May 2007 Update
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Nuclear Warhead Convoy gets lost in Nottingham suburb
N U K E W A T C H Contacts:
Adam Conway 07743341934
Jane Tallents 07778 267833
picture credits: Tony Jillings
PRESS RELEASE
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In 2001 the MoD published an incomplete nuclear convoy accident list
The Illminster Accident
On 17th September 1988 on the A303 Illminster bypass an MG sports car crossed the road and collided head on with a Mammoth Major nuclear weapon transporter. The driver of the MG was killed and petrol from the car spilled around the Mammoth Major but did not ignite. The carrier ended up inches from a steep embankment.
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See a new video blog of nuclear warhead convoy on the road
Convoys transport nuclear warheads between the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield near Reading in Berkshire and the the Royal Naval Armaments Depot (RNAD) Couplort in Scotland. Warheads are stored, then deployed on Trident submarines before eventually being returned to AWE for servicing or to be scrapped.
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November 2006 Convoy
N U K E W A T C H
REPORT TO CND
November 2006
November Convoy
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Appendix IV
Appendix IV
1) Trident nuclear warhead convoy passes Oxford again on A34 –Monday 13th November 2006.
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NIS alerts BBC to nuclear waste train breakdown
NIS alerts BBC to nuclear waste train breakdown
At 17.30 on 24th October, Eleanor Carpenter, a NIS networker based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne alerted the NIS office to the closure of Sunderland rail station due to a damaged nuclear train.
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Nukewatch Review 2005
“More power to the protesters‘ elbows.”
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Trident warhead carriers on M25 near Kings Langley flyover
Three TCHD Trident warhead carriers on M25 near Kings Langley flyover at Hemel Hempstead on Monday 9th January 2006. This was a the first day of a 5-day exercise before the operation to move warheads from AWE Burghfield to Scotland the following week.
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Nukewatch Info Pack
A 12-page information pack with helpful details of Nukewatch activity and organising, plus a model letter for Emergency Planning Officers.
Read the covering letter for the pack here – Attachment: nw_cov.doc.
Read the pack here – Attachment: nw_info_pack.pdf
Read the model letter for EPOs here – Attachment: nw_model.doc.