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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament marks 40th anniversary of Nuclear Free Wales Declaration

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Wales is to mark the 40th
anniversary of the Nuclear Free Wales Declaration with a webinar, a new
website, and an exhibition touring Wales. The exhibition will visit
locations in all 8 of the County Councils that existed in 1982, including
at the Eisteddfod in Tregaron, and finishing in the Senedd in early
December.

Wales was declared ‘nuclear free’ on 23 February 1982 after
local authorities around the country refused a UK Government instruction to
draw up civil defence plans, including the establishment of nuclear bunkers
from which the aftermath of a nuclear war would be “managed”.

After opposition to the government’s plans, all eight county councils
eventually refused to participate and passed resolutions declaring
themselves nuclear-free zones. The Nuclear Free Wales Declaration
emphasised that the whole of Wales was declared a nuclear-free zone, and
that the people of Wales wished to live in peace without the threat of
nuclear war. Nation Cymru 17th Feb 2022https://nation.cymru/news/exhibition-to-mark-40-years-since-the-nuclear-free-wales-declaration

February 19, 2022 - Posted by | UK, weapons and war

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