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Anger as Hinkley Point C allowed to discharge sewage into Bristol Channel and drop fish protection

AN Exmoor parish council chairman is demanding
the Environment Agency explain why it has dropped a requirement for Hinkley
Point C nuclear power station to use acoustic fish deterrents (AFDs) in its
water intakes in the Bristol Channel.

Anti-nuclear campaigners fear 11 billion fish could be killed during the 60-year lifetime of the £27 billion power station if AFDs were not used. The Environment Agency has confirmed
it has agreed to applications to vary licences for NNB Generation Company
(HPC) Ltd, the vehicle through which EDF is building the power plant. But
the decision has been criticised by Katherine Attwater, who chairs
Timberscombe Parish Council, is a member of the campaign group Stop
Hinkley.

West Somerset Free Press 16th Aug 2023

https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/anger-as-hinkley-point-c-allowed-to-discharge-sewage-into-bristol-channel-and-drop-fish-protection-632433

August 18, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, UK