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Together Against Sizewell C

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Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) campaigns to rigorously oppose the construction of Sizewell C's two EPR nuclear reactors in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB National Landscape

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · Aug 5

Good news- TACS’s JR claim for Sizewell C’s DCO to be revoked or varied has been granted a High Court permission hearing- our case: it's unlawful to delay for decades public scrutiny of 2 huge add’l sea defences kept secret by EDF since 2015
Plse donate/RT
www.crowdjustice.com/case/sizewel...

TASC’s new legal challenge against Sizewell C’s secret flood defences

Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) is a community-based group of like-minded individuals who have been actively campaigning on a voluntary basis, since 2013, to stop the Sizewell C project.

www.crowdjustice.com

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 5h

Households/charities to pay Sizewell C nuclear tax but big business exempt
Govt "should drop this model of adding charges onto electricity, which is no longer fit-for-purpose & is slowing down the country’s transition to renewables & inflates everyone’s bills”
www.thirdsector.co.uk/exempt-chari...

Exempt charities from nuclear levy on energy bills, government urged

Some charities could see their bills rise up to £2,500 a year

www.thirdsector.co.uk

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 5h

Flood Risk Britain
"For years, [#climatechange] campaigners & experts have warned that something terrible was coming our way. It’s clear now, from the growing flood risks to record-breaking heatwaves, that the future has arrived"
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain

In today’s newsletter: Flooding across Britain is predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurers

www.theguardian.com

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 1d

SNP, Kate Forbes, "nuclear energy will “take longer, be more expensive, increase bills, and leave communities to deal with dangerous nuclear waste”.

“Let us be clear, Scotland will not be the UK’s nuclear playground,”

#SayNo2SizewellC

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'Scotland will not be UK's nuclear playground', says Kate Forbes

The deputy first minister said nuclear energy will 'take longer, be more expensive, increase bills' and leave 'dangerous waste'.

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 2d

Do listen to Dr Paul Dorfman, "If you want to look at the facts...Nuclear faces the same problems as fossil fuels - uncompetitive costs, stranded assets & a polluting legacy & unrivalled competition from renewables"
#SayNo2SizewellC
youtu.be/DiQqOJrCl_M?... via @YouTube

Can Nuclear Power Solve Climate Crisis?

YouTube video by Science Talk

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 2d

Sizewell C nuclear tax will cause "a disproportionate impact on smaller businesses & charities with high energy demands because energy intensive industries such as steel, cement & glass-making have been granted exemption"
#SayNo2SizewellC www.theguardian.com/business/202...

UK small businesses and charities say nuclear levy could add thousands to bills

Charge from next month expected to have disproportionate impact after energy-intensive industries given exemption

www.theguardian.com

Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 2d

...should be asked about Sizewell C supporting Putin's war in Ukraine if EDF subsidiary, Framatome, still has links to Putin's nuclear operator, Rosatom... "Framatome will also be involved, fabricating fuel at its factory in Romans, France" 2/2
#SayNo2SizewellC

www.eadt.co.uk/news/2553523...

Major contracts signed for Sizewell C

Sizewell C has signed contracts for enriched uranium services and nuclear fuel fabrication.

www.eadt.co.uk

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 2d

More drivel from Sizewell C
"The power station will use low-carbon fuel, predominantly sourced from the UK." But there are NO uranium mines in the UK & mining for it & fuel fabrication cannot be described as a low carbon activity in itself!
Plus questions...1/2
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2553523...

Major contracts signed for Sizewell C

Sizewell C has signed contracts for enriched uranium services and nuclear fuel fabrication.

www.eadt.co.uk

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 3d

"Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences."
#SayNo2SizewellC a climate change casualty, not a solution
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 3d

"should we really be trying to expand high-cost skill-intense nuclear power? Even if the Labour government says it is needed to support its military twin, the bomb, and its delivery technology - or is the other way around?"
#SayNo2SizewellC
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-gr...

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 4d

"It is of vital importance that the Govt grasp the urgency of the work taking place at Sellafield & shed any sense of a far-off date of completion for which no-one currently living is responsible" Yet #Labour commits £bns to create more waste at Sizewell C!
committees.parliament.uk/committee/12....

Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 4d

"High level wastes from the time of the Windscale Fire of 1957 are still at the Sellafield site along with 140 tonnes of plutonium, all of which is now earmarked for deep burial under the Irish Sea bed."
#NoNewNuclear #SayNo2SizewellC mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/c... via @mariannebirkby

Cumberland Council Receives George Monbiot Nuclear Greenwash Award

on the 68th Anniversary of the Windscale Fire Image: The George Monbiot Nuclear Greenwash Award to Cumberland Council. The background to the image is one of the ‘Areas of Focus” Gosforth, Cumbria. …

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 5d

On X today Shows the vulnerability of the Sizewell nuclear sites
We're already burdening future generations with the impacts of climate change- it's immoral to also dump on them, the responsibility for protecting Sizewell C & its 4,000 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel from flooding for the next 150+yrs

Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 6d

Bordering @RSPBMinsmere, Sizewell C is busy destroying the tranquillity & scenic beauty of Suffolk's supposedly protected National Landscape- noise level recorded on apple watch at 90+ decibels. No wonder the UK is one of the world's most nature depleted nations!
#SayNo2SizewellC

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stopsizewellc.bsky.social @stopsizewellc.bsky.social · 6d

Tonight, Yoxford Village Hall; we gather Richard plans to bring his talk - which includes profiles of people affected by #SizewellC - to other village halls nearby too!
#StopSizewellC

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 8d

Prof Jan Rosenow: Primary Energy Fallacy is the idea that all primary #energy from #FossilFuels must be replaced with equivalent #RenewableEnergy BUT not so - as conversion losses don't need to be replaced. More than 2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 8d

Not so efficient ...
'#EDF EPR #nuclear limited power output until 2031.'
The reason: 'Reduced efficiency of the Normandy reactor, leading to a curtailment of its electricity production.'
www.latribune.fr/article/entr...

EPR de Flamanville : EDF anticipe une puissance bridée jusqu'en 2031

www.latribune.fr

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 7d

In terms of cost, time and do-ability, it’s #RenewableEnergy expansion in all sectors, energy efficiency and management, rapidly advancing storage technologies, grid modernisation and interconnection that will power the energy transition.
#climate
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...

A ‘Golden Age’ of nuclear? | New Civil Engineer

The reason is simple. Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that nuclear power faces the same fundamental

www.newcivilengineer.com

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 7d

"It is a telling sign that we must move away from unstable, harmful, wasteful energy sources like nuclear immediately,...Harmful waste being released into the environment, accidentally or otherwise, has a knock-on effect on our own lives and the world around us."
www.thenational.scot/news/2552519...

Radioactive water from Dounreay nuclear site leaked in major breach

RADIOACTIVE material was accidentally released at Scotland’s Dounreay nuclear site in a major environmental breach, The National can reveal ...

www.thenational.scot

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DavidxRose @davidxrose.bsky.social · 8d

Take note:

'The compelling economics of renewables unmask those of fossil and fissile fuels. Unlike nuclear, the renewable evolution is here and now.'

Thank you for your attention on this matter💚☮️!

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 8d

...predicted to cost £38bn, with the UK government acknowledging costs may rise significantly...The compelling economics of renewables unmask those of fossil and fissile fuels. Unlike nuclear, the renewable evolution is here and now. 2/2
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...

A ‘Golden Age’ of nuclear? | New Civil Engineer

The reason is simple. Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that nuclear power faces the same fundamental

www.newcivilengineer.com

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 8d

"The IPCC reports that renewables are now 10 times more efficient than new nuclear at CO2 mitigation. Build times for new nuclear are massively longer than for solar and wind and nuclear costs always ramp. Sizewell C new nuclear is...1/2
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...

A ‘Golden Age’ of nuclear? | New Civil Engineer

The reason is simple. Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that nuclear power faces the same fundamental

www.newcivilengineer.com

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 8d

Zaporizhzhia "has now been without off-site power for almost two weeks, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators for the electricity it needs to cool its shutdown reactors and spent fuel. This is an extraordinarily challenging situation," www.iaea.org/newscenter/p...

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 9d

No surprise - the North Sea continues to erode the coast in front of the Sizewell C site & now appears to be less than 20 metres from the site boundary where the temporary sea defences are being constructed. Sizewell C - a #climatechange casualty, not a solution
#SayNo2SizewellC

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 11d

Excellent words from Mandy Beaumont at the Middleton Oaks protest- "None of us can bear to see the environmental devastation we are witnessing all around us here - all in the name of progress by Sizewell C’s government-backed machinery that appears to be pre-programmed with a “scorched earth policy”

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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 12d

"Zelenskyy said: “This is a threat to everyone. No terrorist in the world has ever dared to do with a nuclear power plant what Russia is doing now. And it is right that the world not remain silent.”"
#NoNewNuclear #SayNo2SizewellC
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Zelenskyy sounds alarm over unprecedented power outage at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Ukrainian president says Russian shelling is preventing work to restore links to grid and that one of the plant’s diesel generators has failed

www.theguardian.com

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