Movements of the United Kingdom's nuclear warhead arsenal continue at a baseline level and suggest that decommissioning of warheads from the Trident warhead stockpile is slowly taking place, according to an annual summary of warhead convoy movements for the year 2013 published by the Nukewatch network.
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Ministry of Defence uses trucks which should have been scrapped five years ago to transport nuclear materials
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FOI records reveal nuclear warhead convoy safety faults
Brake failures, vehicle breakdowns, false alarms, and map-reading errors are among dozens of safety incidents which have plagued convoys carrying nuclear weapons and military special nuclear materials on Britain's roads over the last seven years, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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MSPs condemn transport of nuclear warheads through Scotland
Twenty five Members of the Scottish Parliament have supported a motion condemning the transport of nuclear weapons after a nuclear warhead convoy was spotted travelling along the M74 motorway at the end of January.
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Nukewatch: Warhead convoy movements summary 2012. UK warhead reductions continuing, according to convoy monitoring data.
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Communicating during a crisis
How would the authorities communicate with the public during an emergency involving a nuclear weapon?
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Scotland left to fend for itself during nuclear weapons accident exercise
Video clip showing mock news footage of the 'Exercise Senator 2011' exercise scenario. Credit: Ministry of Defence. Delays and mistakes made during a major accident exercise involving a nuclear weapon would have resulted in Scotland being left to fend for itself by Whitehall government departments during a critical period in the handling of […]
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Nukewatch: Warhead convoy monitoring indicates that UK has commenced decommissioning warheads
The Ministry of Defence has commenced work to meet a government commitment to reduce the overall size of the UK's nuclear warhead stockpile according to the Nukewatch network, which monitors the movements of warhead convoys.
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NIS Update: November – December 2011
TRIDENT VALUE FOR MONEY REVIEW PUBLISHED IN RESPONSE TO FOI REQUEST
A redacted copy of Trident Value For Money Review documents has recently been released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request made by Greenpeace UK. The review took place in 2010 as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review process but has never been officially published by the government. -
Exercise Solar Victory 08: Nuclear convoy counter-terrorism exercise
The 'Solar Victory' exercise took place in October 2008 and was organised by the Ministry of Defence Police in the South Yorkshire area. The exercise was part of the Home Office 'New Salesman' series of counter-terrorism exercises, and the exercise was based on a scenario relating to a terrorist attack on a nuclear weapons convoy travelling through the area.
The exercise brought together 265 delegates from around 20 agencies over two days, with the first day testing crisis management issues and the second day focusing on dealing with the aftermath of the incident.
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Convoy monitoring shows UK warhead programme is operating at a baseline level
The annual summary of UK nuclear warhead convoy movements published by Nukewatch for 2010 shows that the UK's nuclear warhead programme is currently operating a baseline level, with a minimum number of warhead movements taking place over the year. The number of movements is consistent with the maintenance and surveillance needs of the programme. As well as convoy movements carrying nuclear weapons, a number of training exercises and vehicle familiarisation journeys also took place in 2010.
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NIS Update: July – August 2010
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