2002 STRATEGY PLAN
FOR THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT (AWE) ALDERMASTON
Council give go-ahead for AWE laser
Despite receiving hundreds of objections, last night West Berkshire Council Planning Committee gave the go-ahead for the Ministry of Defence – the landowner – (via the private consortium managing AWE) to build a new laser facility at AWE Aldermaston.
Objections to the facility – the first in a long list of new developments propsed for the site – were made by a wider range of people, including local residents, members of anti-nuclear and environmental groups, scientists and the local MP Martin Salter.
A spokesperson from the Nuclear Information Service commented "We think the Council is wrong not to take notice of the legal opinion and wrong not to take notice of the serious objectors who, like the councillors, have the welfare of the community at heart."
Related documents (all pdf):
NIS presentation to West Berks Council Planning Committee on MoD
AWE history of recent convictions
Martin Salter MP's letter to planning comitee
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