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Behind the Headlines.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n To be a really effective campaigner one has to read a lot, and that means getting away from what’s printed as the headline news.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Here is just a sample of what I have been reading of late.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Build. <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n A good example of this is what has been in the press over the last couple of weeks concerns new build at Hinkley.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Despite all the headlines about the UK and Chinese governments signing a deal to built a new reactor at Hinkley, it is far from a done deal<\/a>. EDF have still to sign such a deal, and there are lots of obstacles which need to be completed before any such contract can come in to force.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n As to the whizzo idea of building a new reactor at Bradwell, well that’s another none starter. Just look that the flood map for the area, and then think about rising sea levels.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Thus the headline should have been: –<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Hinkley and Bradwell.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n It’s all smoke and Mirrors.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Atlantic Cartier.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n During October the <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Bundesstelle f\u00fcr Seeunfalluntersuchung<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n [ Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation ]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n published the following: –<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Investigation Report 99\/13\u00a0 <\/b><\/span>Serious Marine Casualty <\/b><\/span>Fire on the con-ro carrier.<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n ATLANTIC CARTIER on 1 May 2013 in the Port of Hamburg<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n At the time of the fire the ship was carrying uranium hexafluoride <\/a><\/b><\/span>(UF6), and flammable ethanol as a part of the cargo.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n – Uranium Hexafluoride is highly toxic.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n – Uranium Hexafluoride is corrosive to most metals.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n – Uranium Hexafluoride reacts violently with water.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n – Uranium Hexafluoride is radioactive.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The transport of Hex is one of the most worrying concerns which we should all have.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile there are are growing worries about the Uranium Hex which is to be found at Capenhurst, and aspect of the proposed sale of Urenco.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The <\/b><\/i><\/span>Pitchford Inquiry.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The Pitchford Inquiry<\/a> in to Undercover Policing started in July.<\/b><\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n A first preliminary hearing<\/a> took place on October 7th .\u00a0<\/sup> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n While the <\/b><\/span>Sixth Preliminary Hearing <\/b><\/span><\/strong>be heard during March.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The inquiry will last for circa two and a half years.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n It will cover many of the questions which activists have been asking for a long time,<\/a> but just how many of the answers we receive is very much an open question for now. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Behind the Headlines. To be a really effective campaigner one has to read a lot, and that means getting away from what’s printed as the headline news. Here is just a sample of what I have been reading of late. New Build. A good example of this is what has been in the … Continue reading A little Light Reading.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,44,47],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":617,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}