I recently saw a report that failure of a piece of safety equipment had “no impact on public health and safety”. If so, why is […]

This post is a bit abstract, but I hope it will help people understand the problems involved with dealing with complex systems. The reason it […]

When discussing nuclear safety we are often told by the nuclear industry that they have ‘fail-safes’ , ‘built in redundancy’ etc that make their reactors […]

This post was going to be about the ICRP’s (International Committee on Radiological Protection) risk model. However, Dr Chris Busby has recently written1 an article […]

Here is a link to a 1992 programme by Adam Curtis called ‘A is for Atom’ What I found interesting was the interviews with some […]

In a recent news article1 about the evacuation zone around Sizewell nuclear power plant, Jeremy Western, director of special projects and nuclear new build for […]

It is being reported on the news today1 that elevated radiation levels have lead to the partial evacuation of the Sellafield site. This reminded me […]

While we are often told that severe nuclear accidents are ‘impossible’ (which itself is impossible – maybe a subject of a future post) a more […]

As a consequence of the events in Fukushima, the plans for protecting communities around Sizewell power station in the event of an emergency are being […]

The title of the post is not that original1 and you will have to bare with me to understand it. I read a yet another […]

A lot of people see nuclear power as a well understood and scientific pursuit. Well, it is not. It is akin to alchemy. Let us […]