5:00pm Sunday 5th October 2008
A LEADING independent nuclear engineer will speak at a public meeting in Bridgwater against plans to build two new reactors at Hinkley.
John Large, of Large and Associates, believes the plant likely to be built at Hinkley will be the new Generation III reactor, the European Pressurised Reactor.
He said: "This French Generation III reactor technology is extremely ambitious.
“To meet the levels of acceptable risk and tolerable off-site consequences, the French designers need to overcome some very real engineering and systems challenges to satisfy their claim that the EPR will be the equivalent of the l'insubmersible Titanic - a claim that EDF has not substantiated and the validity of which I very much doubt."
Mr Large will present his analysis of the risk of a radioactive release in a fully illustrated presentation, using satellite tracking data to predict the path and timing of a radioactive release.
Jim Duffy from Stop Hinkley said: "It's a crucial time for the local area. There is firm evidence that the majority of those who agree to having the new giant reactors do so reluctantly. The public should come and hear this highly qualified nuclear consultant who has deep qualms about plans that will affect us all for generations to come."
The public meeting will be held on Monday, October 13, at 7.30pm at the British Legion Club, in Castle Street.
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