GUIDANCE NOTES for your representation against Hinkley C on
the IPC registration form.
- If you decide to register to object on-line be very very
careful you only get one
shot at it - once you have entered your details i,e name address
if anything goes wrong while you are filling out the form and you've
only entered part of your information that is what they will keep
you will not be allowed to amend it.
We therefore strongly urging people to call the IPC helpline on 0303 444 5000 to ask them to send you a hard copy that you can return by post. (they will only issue one per caller)
- If you really must submit on-line then please pre-prepare your response then cut and paste it into the on-line form, this should reduce the possibility of computer or other problems affecting your submission by limiting the time it actually takes you to fill the form getting a hard copy of the form also allows you to see the form before having to fill it in (an opportunity you won't have if filling it in on-line)
Please
read the attached notes before you register
- If completing on-line, after you fill in your personal details there is a section called "Your representation" there is a word limit of a maximum of 500 words
- please include links to further information/evidence to back up your objection. (you can provide further written evidence later in order to expand your inititally very limited contribution.
It's
important you cover these points focusing on the local impact.
Construction
Traffic
Contamination
of land
Land
Status
Jobs
Health
Power
Lines
Safety
Democracy
"Those who register will be entitled to provide evidence in writing to support their representation, to attend the preliminary hearing, to request an open floor hearing and to speak at other hearings where appropriate."
(IPC Guidance)
"Your
representation should not concern the merits of designated National
Policy Statements produced by Government which provide the framework
for our decisions. Your representation should focus upon the impact
of a proposal, or the issue or information to which you wish to draw
the Commissioner(s) attention."
In July 2011 West Somerset District Council held their planning
hearing for EDF's submission to carry out preliminary works on the
site at Hinkley Point, the rules were similar here with discussion
about nuclear power excluded by those in power and their planning
processes, members of Stop Hinkley dutifully kept their concerns to
all things non-nuclear. What happened at this meeting? Just about
every person speaking in favour of the preliminary works talked about
why we needed nuclear Power! Even Hergen Hayes the Head of the Office
for Nuclear Development part of the so-called Department of Energy
and climate change was brought in to tell the meeting about why
Fukushima isn't a problem for the Governments Nuclear Policy.
Given this experience we would therefore encourage people opposed
to nuclear power in addition to the above, to give serious
consideration to including a sentence or two about why the worlds
worst nuclear industrial catastrophe which is still not under any
kind of control has implications for the Governments policy, and that
we feel that the events in Japan should lead to a proper review of
government energy policy and a public referendum on nuclear power.
The
IPC's own guidance for registering can be found here at:
The
on-line form can be viewed (and filled out) here:
please
consider the advice above before filling out the form on-line.
The following are some ideas for objection based on some of our
members objections
Your objection needs to be limited to 500 words.(NB this document
slightly exceeds 500 words.)
Add evidence links.
If you have time please use your own words, it will show a
stronger and more determined opposition. Keep them busy!
1.
Construction Traffic (important
as very controversial locally)
- Traffic
Vehicle movement in Cannington every 40 seconds during an 11 hour
working day, purely for Hinkley Point C construction, in addition to
normal Hinkley, and other, local traffic.
- Villagers
saying consultation on traffic was not done properly by EDF.
- Damage to
Houses by vibration of traffic not taken into consideration by EDF.
- 93% of
Cannington villagers do not want the EDF traffic through their
village.
- These are
unbearable living conditions for villagers as Hinkley C is scheduled
for a minimum of ten years construction. Plus overwhelming
traffic pollution
- Villagers
are against compulsory purchase of their homes and worry about the
devaluation of their property..
-should there
be a nuclear accident at Hinkley Point traffic congestion would
hamper evacuation process.
2.Contamination
of land
-EDF's
commissioned AMEC to take samples and make measurements of
radioactivity at various locations on the proposed site for HinkleyC.
Green Audit independently examined the data to see if there were any
radiological safety issues. There is evidence of enriched Uranium
pollution on the land. (!)
http://www.stophinkley.org/Health/HinkContamJan2010.pdf
3. Land
Status
-designated
as a Special Protection Area (SPA)
- a Site
of Community Importance (SCI)
- the estuary
is also designated as a wetland of international importance
- a Site of
Special Scientific Interest.SSSIs (e.g. the Gwent Levels SSSI
complex)
-
Irreplaceable ancient woodland and hedges.
-New nuclear
build would require spent fuel (too hot to move) to be stored on
site for 160 years. This would be dangerous at Hinkley due to the
limestone geology of the site and in case of an accident at the
plant.
4.Health
-Low level
radiation is emitted by nuclear power stations this has been proved
to be dangerous to young children.
-Regular
controlled and uncontrolled venting of radioactive particles will put
the local population at risk. In 2008, the KiKK study in
Germany reported a 1.6-fold increase in cancers and a 2.2-fold
increase in leukemias among children living within 5 km of all
German nuclear power stations. Cancer rates in Burnham on Sea
are up to five times higher than the national average. Hinkley C will
add to the dangers to public health.
http://www.llrc.org/health/subtopic/pearson.htm
http://www.nuclearpolicy.info/docs/news/NFLA_PR_COMARE14_critique.pdf
Highly
radioactive waste stored on site for 160 years will increase health
risks.
5. Local
Jobs
-EDF
says several thousand people will be employed constructing Hinkley C.
The Flamanville scenario show EDF use subcontractors to import
foreign workers vulnerable to exploitation and are being accused by
French Unions of modern day slavery.
-
http://www.socialdemocrats.eu/gpes/public/detail.htm?id=135913§ion=NER&category=NEWS&startpos=21&topicid=-1&request_locale=EN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx6pcqdOa7Y
6.
Democracy
-EDF
consultations not widely publicised.
-There has
been no proper national debate and the government and the industry
have colluded to stop information coming out over the Fukushima
nuclear disaster.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/30/british-government-plan-play-down-fukushima
-The
sustainable development committee advised the government against
nuclear.
Expecting
opposition the government introduced a fast track infrastructure
planning programme (the IPC)
-Stop Hinkley
have collected 12,750 against HinkleyC.
-Road signs
of Hinkley C are up already giving the impression of a done
deal weakening local opposition. The local council salami slicing the
application gives the same impression
- The whole
application is based on the lie that Nuclear is a green technology
and will save us from Climate Change. (Hinkley Point is on the
coast of the second biggest tidal wave in the world, climate change
makes coastal areas vulnerable to flood risk )
7. Power
lines
-new pylons
are twice the size of the existing ones ( height and width )
8. How
local is locality?
-Bristol City
council , Exeter and South Wales have had no input on the decision
making on new nuclear. Accidents at Hinkley Point would make these
areas uninhabitable and emergency services not able to cope.
-This
national infrastructure project hasn't had national input though it
will have consequences lasting an outeageous number of generations.
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