BANNG PAPER NO. 12 JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UK NUCLEAR INDUSTRY INTERIM REPORT HM Inspector of Nuclear Installations May 2011 COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE BLACKWATER AGAINST NEW NUCLEAR GROUP (BANNG)

The Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG) is a Citizens Based Organisation primarily concerned to prevent further expansion of nuclear activities at the Bradwell site in Essex. Its aim is to protect the people and environment of the River Blackwater estuary and its surrounding area, now and in the future, from the risks and dangers of radioactivity by preventing the further development of nuclear activity in the estuary. An integral element of this is to support the early decommissioning and clean up of the existing closed Magnox reactor on the Bradwell site. However, BANNG has also taken a broader view on the development of new nuclear stations and has responded in depth to eleven of the government’s consultations covering strategic site assessment, national policy statements on energy, justification, financing of decommissioning and waste disposal, justification, disposition of plutonium stocks and generic design assessment (GDA). We have made a response on the GDA which covers issues relevant to the Interim Report on Japan and this is attached for reference (BANNG, 2010).