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Nuclear Free Local Authorities back petition to save fish at Hinkley C

 The NFLAs are backing a petition promoted by the Bristol Avons River Trust
(BART) and The Rivers Trust calling on the developer of the Hinkley Point C
nuclear power station to honour its requirement to install an Acoustic Fish
Deterrent at the plant. BART and The Rivers Trust wants EDF to install the
fish protection measures that were originally agreed to prevent millions of
fish being sucked to their death into the huge intake pipes, each the size
of six double decker buses.

The new station will suck in the equivalent of
three Olympic swimming pools of cooling water per minute from the Severn
Estuary, and with it the fish. The estuary is one of the UK’s most highly
designated nature conservation sites, with fish stocks including the
endangered Atlantic salmon, European eel, and twaite shad. These species
play a crucial role in global ecosystems and support the food chain for
tens of thousands of birds and other wildlife, including seals and
cetaceans.

 NFLA 10th Feb 2025 https://www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/nuclear-free-local-authorities-back-petition-to-save-fish-at-hinkley-c/

February 14, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized