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A nuclear reactor for Bradwell, on UK’s East coast? But what about storm surges, floods, coastal erosion?

BANNG 12th July 19 Blowers asks what might happen at Bradwell if the East coast floods again as in 1953  During the night of 31 January/1 February, 1953, in the moonlit dark, dead heart
of winter, the Essex Coast was struck by a surging storm, flooding the
creeks, overpowering the sea defences and leaving a trail of disruption,
destruction and death in its wake. I recollect my own astonishment when
walking to church that Sunday morning at the sight of the flooded factories
of the Hythe at Colchester.

I wonder what might happen to the low-lying
lands around the Blackwater if such a storm surge occurs again and if,
heaven forbid, a new nuclear power station had been built at the Bradwell
site. What must be recognised is that, with global warming and rising seas,
destructive storm surges, flooding and coastal erosion are quite likely
events over the lifetime of a new nuclear plant on the vulnerable shores of
Bradwell. In the circumstances it is difficult to conceive how the site can
be considered potentially suitable now, let alone into the next century
when decommissioning and radioactive waste management will become hazardous
operations.

https://www.banng.info/news/the-return-of-the-great-tide/

July 18, 2019 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, UK