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“There is no consistent signal of change in either storms or blocking near the UK in either ensemble of Met Office models or the ensemble of alternative models. Such changes as are seen are relatively modest, and the potential for substantial changes appears to be small.“

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Posted by Arclight2011

18 February 2014

A new report out today gives justification for a new generation ABWR reactor to be built in the UK. It comes with pretty pictures and a biased view of radiological damage.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/280857/abwr_justification_volume_2_application.pdf

The report states that there are no issues with this plan and that even in the event of a major incident that there would be no insignificant health effects on humans. The effects on birds and animals are presumed to be negligable if there are no effects on humans.

The basis for this feel good factor is the WHO health report on…