Report from the 'Civil Contingencies: Towards Better Leadership and Resilience in Local Emergency Planning Structures' conference
Tuesday 11th November 2008 Institute of Mechanical Engineering, One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London
Government Policy latest news
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Hansard on Nuclear Weapons, 27th Oct 2008
*27 Oct 2008 : Column 639W*
Nuclear Weapons
*Nick Harvey:* To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether US personnel will be asked to participate in his Department's work on the Warhead Pre-Concept Working Group; [228902]
(2) whether the Warhead Pre-Concept Working Group has considered options for /(a)/ agent defeat and /(b)/ other warhead modifications, as part of its work; [228903]
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Nuclear Weapons not wanted in Scotland
Political row over the future of nuclear weapons at base. Tina Kemp, Scottish Lennox Herald, 24nd Oct 2008.
A fresh row has erupted over the future of Faslane Naval Base. Defence Secretary John Hutton visited the base last week to reinforce the government’s pledge to keep nuclear weapons in Scotland.
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Evidence of government multilateral disarmament gestures?
23 October 2008 Hansard
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*Michael Ancram* (Devizes, Conservative)To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps the Government is taking to promote multilateral nuclear disarmament. -
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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Independent Nuclear Deterrent
From: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2007-2008 Volume I: (page 39)
“28. The UK’s Trident submarine force has maintained a continuous and independent nuclear deterrent capability at sea, in support of NATO and as the ultimate guarantee of our national security.”
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NIS technical briefing note: JSP 538 – Regulation of the Nuclear Weapons Programme
‘Joint Services Publication 538: Regulation of the Nuclear Weapon Programme’ (JSP 538) is the definitive Ministry of Defence guidance document on nuclear and radiological safety requirements within the UK nuclear weapons programme. A redacted copy of the full 522 page document was placed in the House of Commons Library in May 2008 in response to a Parliamentary Question1. This NIS technical briefing provides a brief summary of its contents and a commentary on some salient points.
Download the full report below:
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Former government ministers call for nuclear disarmament
Start worrying and learn to ditch the bomb,
Letter to The Times by Douglas Hurd, Malcolm Rifkind, David Owen and George Robertson, 30 June 2008
From The Times, www.timesonline.co.uk, 30 June 2008.Start worrying and learn to ditch the bomb
It won't be easy, but a world free of nuclear weapons is possible -
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW INQUIRY: GLOBAL SECURITY: NON-PROLIFERATION
Please find the attached Announcement of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee consultation inviting submissions no later than 29th September 2008. NIS will make a submission on Treaty legal obligations and Disarmament Verification.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW INQUIRY: GLOBAL SECURITY: NON-PROLIFERATION
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Judicial Review of Trident – permission for a JR not granted on 10th June 2008
Judicial Review of Trident – permission for a JR not granted on 10th June 2008
Judgment
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Judicial Review of Trident Replacement
On Tuesday 10th June, Mr. Justice Simon refused the Nuclear Information Service (NIS) permission to bring a Judicial Review of the Government's White Paper, 'The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent', published on 4 December 2006. Judge Simons did not accept that The White Paper's assertion of compatibility of the Government's decision to replace the UK's nuclear weapons system with its international law obligations requires adjudication by a Court.
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Hanard on Aircraft Carriers, 11th June 2008
*Hansard
11 Jun 2008 : Column 255W*
*Aircraft Carriers: Nuclear Power*
*Mr. Hancock:* To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the merits of converting the design of the two future aircraft carriers to nuclear power. [209342]