Nuclear Information Service

NIS holds a range of information about British nuclear-powered and armed submarines; nuclear safety of Z & X Berths and the MoD’s proposals for the storage of nuclear sections of decommissioned submarines; the Interim Storage of Laid Up Submarines (ISOLUS). You can also read position papers on ISOLUS from the Nuclear Submarine Forum (NsubF) and on "Z" berths from the Solent Coalition Against Nuclear Ships here(SCANS), plus further background information. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/csec /isolus2/isolus-homepage.htm and http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/ pages/content.php3?page=8882

Flood map for AWE Burghfield. Shaded areas represent areas at significant risk of flooding, where the chance of flooding each year is greater than 1.3% (1 in 75).

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NEW NIS Submission to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY CONSULTATION

Global Security: Non-Proliferation

NIS argues that the risks posed by British nuclear weapons production and road transport of warheads threaten each individual citizen and our way of life. Additionally, the risk of a criticality event at the substandard warhead assembly/disassembly facilities at AWE Burghfield is also unacceptable and unjustifiable.

Read the NIS submission to the FCO.

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Nuclear Accident Risk and History in UK Submarines

2008-07-30 18:06

The risk of a nuclear accident is ever-present in the operation, servicing and decommissioning of UK submarines. Any accident at sea could affect the reactor. Periodic re-fits or decommissioning require high level radioactive fuel to be removed and stored. Reactors remains in the 27 redundant submarines stored afloat at Devonport and Rosyth in Scotland. Emergency safety plans are constantly exercised by the MoD and Local Authorities. NIS will be listing exercises and a full list of accidents in the near future.