‘Justifying UK New Build Nuclear’, Call for Independent Inquiry - Technical Omissions in the Justification Process, Palace of Westminster, London 11 March 2010

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Abstract: PATRAM 2010 submitted paper: Radioactive Materials Transportation - Opportunities for Terrorism, January 2010

Brief Review of the SotonSafe Off-Site Emergency Plan (REPPIR) relating to the Berthing of Nuclear Power Submarines at Southampton Docks, November 2009

Old and New at Sizewell, i) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate's Decision NOT to Prosecute Sizewell A over the January 2007 Radioactive Leak and ii) the Adequacy of the Nuclear Safety and Emergency Planning Regimes for Sizewell C, illustrated presentation, Leiston UK 10 November 2009

Proposal for the i) Evaluation of the Information and Documentation Obtained via the Freedom of Information Act Relating the Levels of Radioactive Contamination on the London Olympic Development Site and ii) Assessment of the Radiological Impact of the Past Presence, Construction Activities and Future Management of Radioactive Waste Arisings On and Around the London Olympic Development Site, Briefing and Quotation, August 2009

Assessment of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate Decision Not to Prosecute Magnox Electric Ltd over the Sizewell A Spent Fuel Pond Failure of 7 January 2007, R3179-A2, May 2009

A B & Others -and- The Ministry of Defence, Preliminary Evidence of John H Large, 20 November 2008 - Royal Courts of Justice Preliminary Hearing 19 January 2009

Lessons from the Nuclear Countries: Civilian Nuclear Power vs Weaponisation Programmes, ECSSR 14th Annual Energy Conference, Abu Dhabi, 24-26 November 2008

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Hinkley NO Build - illustrated presentation to the Stop Hinkley Campaign, Bridgwater 13 October 2008

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Regina -v- Ms Juliet MacBride, The Matter of Alleged Trespass at Aldermaston, May 2007 2nd Evidence, Bindmans Solicitors, August  2008

Town & Country Planning Act 1990 - Application to Grant Permission for the Installation of 3G Antennae and Dish at the Water Tower, Shooters Hill, London SE18   APP/08/1434/1437, 16 July 2008

Pros & Cons of Nuclear Power in Finland, Finnish Green Party, Chernobyl Day Seminar, Helsinki, Finland - 26 April 2008

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Pros & Cons of Nuclear Power, St Albans CND, 16 April 2008

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Transportation of Nuclear Weapons through Urban Areas in the United Kingdom, C1 Absract & Summary, November 1990 - Reissued March 2008

Regina -v- Ms Juliet MacBride, The Matter of Alleged Trespass at Aldermaston, May 2007, Bindmans Solicitors, March 2008

i)   Objection - Retrospective Planning Application 07/03173.COU Change of Use of Log Cabin, Hart District Council, March 2008

ii)  Objection - Retrospective Planning Application 08/000085/FUL Change of Generator, etc., Hart District Council, March 2008

 

Third Party Liability of Swiss Nuclear Power Plants, ASNP, Berne, November 2007

 

Notice D’information - Adéquation De La Proposition D’amendement Aux Accords Financiers Devant, En Vertu De La Responsabilité Civile,  Couvrir Les Dommages Survenus Pendant Et Après Un Rejet Radioactif Provenant D’une  Centrale Nucléaire Suisse

 

KURZBERICHT - Vorlage Zur Totalrevision Des Kernenergiehaftpflichtrechtes: Angemessenheit Der Finanziellen Deckung Der Direkten Schäden Und Der Folgeschäden Einer Freisetzung Von Radioaktivität Aus Einem Schweizer Atomkraftwerk   

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Oldbury Nuclear Power Station - Graphite Core Degradation, Presentation to Gloucester Green Party, Stroud, 9 October 2007

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1st Briefing Note on the Adequacy of the Sizewell A FED Consultation Documentation and Information Presented by Magnox South, September 2007

 

2nd Briefing Note on the Adequacy of the Sizewell A FED Consultation Documentation and Information Presented by Magnox South, September 2007

 

1st Stage Review - Adequacy of the Sizewell A Fuel Element Debris Consultation Documentation and Information, R 3093-A1, October 2007

 

2nd Stage Review - Consultation Procedures and Processes of the Sizewell A Fuel Element Debris Consultation, R 3093-A2, October 2007

Risks and Hazards of the Existing and Possible EPR/PWR NPPs at Sizewell, Summary, Sizewell Stakeholders Group, July 2007

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Safety of the Existing and Future Nuclear Power Plants at Dungeness - Aircraft Crash Risk,  Planning Applications Y06/1647/SH and Y06/1648/SH, March 2007

 

Assessments of the Radiological Consequences of Releases from Existing and Proposed French EPR/PWR Nuclear Power Plants, February 2007  

                                                           

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LAAG Opposition to the Development of Lydd Airport, Pie in the Sky, January 2007

Potential Development of Nuclear Weapons Technology in Iran, Illustrated Lecture, Emirates Center of Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, 13 December 2006

النشاطات والطموحات النووية الإيرانية
تتناول هذه المحاضرة أولاً العناصر الأساسية، السياسية والعسكرية، التي تدفع الدول النامية إلى تطوير قدرات نووية سواء كانت مدنية أو عسكرية، وكيف يُنظر إلى هذه القدرات من حيث أثرها في زعزعة الاستقرار الإقليمي والاستقرار العالمي ث ...

Decommissioning Nuclear Plants - Openings for the Terrorist Threat, 10th Global Conference & Exhibition on Decommissioning Nuclear - Taking Experience Forward, London 20-22 November 2006

HM Government Energy Review and its Influence on London, Greater London Authority, Mayor of London, R3155-2,  August 2006

Additional Analysis and Comments on the Threat of Terrorist Attack to the Proposed 3rd Nuclear Power Plant at Flamanville, France, States of Jersey, R3155-3, August 2006

Exploratory Review of the EdF Presentation in Support of the Proposal to Construct, Commission and Operate a 3rd Nuclear Power Plant at Flamanville, France, States of Jersey, R3155-1, August 2006

Brief Review of the Documents Relating to the Graphite Moderator Cores at Hinkley Point B and Other Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactors, R3154 5 July 2006

Regina -v- Ms Juliet McBride, Newbury Magistrates Court, June 2006 - A Matter of Alleged Trespass at AWE Aldermaston, June 2006

European Pressurised Reactor at Olkiluoto 3, Finland - Brief & Interim Review of the Porosity and Durability Properties of the In Situ Cast Concrete at the Olkiluoto EPR Construction Site, June 2006

Brief Review of EdF Document  DEMARCHE DE DIMENSIONNEMENT DES OUVRAGES EPR VIS-À-VIS DU RISQUE LIE AUX CHUTES D’AVIONS CIVILS (ASSESSMENT OF THE OPERATIONAL RISKS AND HAZARDS OF THE EPR WHEN SUBJECT TO AIRCRAFT CRASH), May 2006

Leak of Radioactive Liquor in the Feed Clarification Cell at BNG THORP Sellafield, Review of the Management and Technical Aspects of the Failure and its Implications for the Future of THORP, April 2006

Chernobyl - A Nuclear Catastrophe 20 Years On, April 2006, Int Conf Chernobyl +20, Kiev 22-24 April 2006

Risks and Hazards arising the Transportation of Irradiated Fuel and Nuclear Materials in the United Kingdom, R3144-A1, March 2006

Sustainable Development Commission, Peer Review of the AMEC-NNC Report, Role of Nuclear Power in the Low Carbon Economy - Safety and Security, November 2005

Risk Assessment of Air Movements from Lydd Airport to the Dungeness A & B Nuclear Power Plants, LAAG, Lydd, 26 January 2006

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Radioactive Decay Characteristics of Irradiated Nuclear Fuels, 26 January 2006

Supporting Statement to the Complaint by Mr & Mrs Beer on Elden Croy RIBA, 8 January 2006

Sizewell A Nuclear Power Station - Threat of Terrorism, July 2005

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Outline Briefing - Investigation of the Condition and Stability of i) the Radioactive Waste Trenches and ii) Irradiated Fuel Storage Facilities at and nearby the Shut Down Nuclear Power Plants of Chernobyl, Ukraine, Q3143-A1 December 2005

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Uranium Hexafluoride (UF₆) Tailings, Characteristics, Transport and Storage at the Siberian Chemical Combine (Sibkhimkombinat) Tomsk, November 2005

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Brief Assessment of the Possible Outcomes of a Terrorist Attack on the Cogema la Hague Nuclear Reprocessing Works, R3137-A1, October 2005

Projected Kr-85 Atmospheric Discharge Trajectories for the Rokkasho Fuel Reprocessing Plant, Japan, August 2005

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Town & Country Planning Act 1990, Objection to Proposal to Redevelop Part of Open Land of Woolwich Common by the Queen Elizabeth NHS Trust, 17 August 2005

European Pressurised Reactor at Olkiluoto 3, Finland - Review of the Finnish Radiation & Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) Assessment,  R3123-A2, July 2005

Risks and Hazards in Recovering the Nuclear Powered Submarine Kursk, Warships - Naval Submarines 8, Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Conf, London, 23-24 June 2005

Waste Not, Want Not, Assessment of Switzerland's proposed Radioactive Waste Disposal System - Analysis of the Long Term Implications, 25 May 2005

The Actual and Potential Development of Nuclear Weapons Technology in the Area of North East Asia (Korean Peninsular and Japan), Seminar to the Parliamentary Assembly, Republic of Korea, 28 April 2005

Carry On at CoRWM - Critical Review of the Deliberations of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, Nuclear Engineering International, April 2005

Forensic Assessments of the Nuclear Propulsion Plants of the Submarines HMS Tireless and RF Northern Fleet Kursk, Forensic Investigation of Power Plant Failures, Seminar, IMechE, London, March 2005 - TirelessKurskForensic.pdf

Town & Country Planning Act 1990 - Appeal Against the Refusal to Grant Permission for the Installation of a 15m Cellular Telephone Mast & Control Cabinet at the Corner of Charlton Park Road & Cemetery Lane, APP/E5330/04/11627802, 5 December 2004

The Potential for a Nuclear Accident from Reactor Defect Experienced by HMS Tireless when off Sicily in May 2000, Seminar, Gela Local Authority, Gela Sicily, December 2004

Review of the Technical & Logistical Aspects of the 1st Draft Report of the Strategic Action   Planning Working Group, The Environment Council, October 2004

Joint Assessment, WISE-Paris / Large & Associates Safety and Security Concern / FS47, PLUTONIUM TRANSPORTS IN FRANCE, Safety and Security Concerns over the FS47 Transportation Cask, Yves Marignac, Xavier Coeytaux, John H. Large, 21 September 2004

Large J H. Marignac Y, Submission to the International Atomic Energy Agency - Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) – IAEA InfCirc/274 & InfCirc/225/Rev.4 - IAEA Requirements on Design Basis Threat Assessment - Non Compliance of Eurofab LTA shipment from US to  France on UK Vessel:  Security and Physical Protection Issues, IAEA 20 September 2004

IPPNW Global Health Watch, Rethinking Nuclear Energy and Democracy after September 11, 2001, ‘The Aftermath of September 11:  Vulnerability of Nuclear Plants to Terrorist Attack’, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and Physicians for Social Responsibility, September 2004

Potential Radiological Impact and Consequences Arising from Incidents Involving a Consignment of Plutonium Dioxide Under Transit from Cogema La Hague to Marcoule/Cadarache, March 2004, Large & Associates

Submission to the Inquiry Committee on Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant  Comprehensive Inspection [Rokkasho Saishori Shisetsu Soutenken ni kansuru Kentoukai], Meeting of 28 February 2004

Dirty Bomb Kits or Fruit and Veg ?, Cafe Scientifique, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 20 January 2004

NRC Hearing Disposition of Surplus Weapons Plutonium Using Mixed Oxide Fuel, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hearing, 2004:   

• Comments on Opinion on the Applicability and Sufficiency of the Safety, Security and Environmental Requirements and Measures as these Apply to the Transatlantic Shipment, European Waters and France        

• The Role of PNTL Ships in the Atlantic Transit Phases, United States of America Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 26 November 2003,        

• Summary of the Findings of the French-sourced Plutonium Dioxide Transportation, 23 March 2004 

Report on the International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Materials, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, July 2003

The Recovery of the Russian Federation Nuclear Powered Submarine Kursk, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,  World Maritime Technology Conference, Int Conf, Sans Francisco, October 2003

The Implications of 11 September for the Nuclear Industry, J H Large, United Nations for Disarmament Research, Disarmament Forum, 2003 No 2, pp29-38

The Proposed Royal Navy Z Berth at Southampton and REPPIR, Southampton City Council, Seminar 19 March 2003

Nuclear Terrorism – The New Nuclear Threat, 5^th Conference of UK and Irish Local Authorities, Cork, 20 March 2003

A Review of Local Authority Off-Site Emergency Planning under the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness & Public Information) Regulations, Greenpeace UK, December 2002

Hazards and Risks of Delivering Unirradiated (MOX) to Beznau, January 2003

Vulnerabilities of Nuclear Plants to Terrorism, Large J H & Schneider M, Oxford Research Group Seminar, Rhodes House, Oxford, December 2002

Review Special: The Kursk, The Engineer, v291, n 7615 8 November 2002

Nuclear and Weapons Dimensions of the Recovery of the Kursk, IBC International Conference of Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities, London, November 2002

Analysis of British Energy’s Submission to the Energy Review: Part 1 Advanced Reactor Programme, Wastes and irradiated Fuel Arisings, Part II  The Westinghouse AP 600/1000 Nuclear Safety Case, Review by the European Commission, Greenpeace UK July 2002

The Implications of September 11^th  for the Nuclear Industry, Monitor, Royal United Services Institute, London, February 2003, V2 N^o 1

Uncertain Risks and Hazards relating to the Ordering and Commissioning of Finland’s 5^th Nuclear Reactor, Finnish National Parliament, Presentation to Members of Parliament, 15 May 2002

Rethinking Nuclear Energy and Democracy after 09/11, The End of Probabilistic Risk Analysis,  International Conference, PSR/IPPNW Basel, Switzerland, April 2002

National Stakeholder Dialogue – Magnox Power Station Decommissioning, Environment Council (UK) Magnox Electric and other participants:

1. Review of the Timescales Working Group Documents

2. Wigner Stored Energy in the Magnox Graphite Core through the Safestore Period

3. Sample Radioactive Waste Inventory - UK Radioactive Waste Inventory

4. Review of Japanese Source Papers on Decommissioning

5. Degradation of RC Structures over the Extended Safestore/Final Dismantling Period

6. Graphite Core Degradation and Instability over the Extended Safestore Period

7. IAEA Paper - Issues, Technology and Developments in Decommissioning

8. Italian Intention to Decommission Latina Magnox  Power Station in the Short Term

9. Radioactive Dose Rates in the Biological Shield and Reactor Pressure Vessel Regions

10. Passive Engineered Structures – Engineering Profession’s View of Risk-Consequence

11. Review of Technical & Logistical Aspects of the Strategic Action Planning Working Group of 7 October 2004

12. Projected Atmospheric and Liquid Discharges during Defuelling, Care & Maintenance Preparations, Care & Maintenance and Final Dismantling

The Hazard and Risk Assessment relating the Nuclear Safety Case for the Salvage of The Russian Federation Nuclear Powered Submarine Kursk, Russian Federation/Mammoet-Smit, 2^nd Report October 2001

The Hazard and Risk Assessment relating the Nuclear Safety Case for the Salvage of The Russian Federation Nuclear Powered Submarine Kursk, Russian Federation/Mammoet-Smit, 1^st Report July 2001

Review of the Soviet Armed Services Plutonium/Plutonium Capsule, Sunday Mirror, May 2001

Review of  the Sea Transportation of Mixed Oxide Fuel:  i) Transportation Risks and Hazards , ii)  Physical and Dispersion Characteristics of MOX Fuel,  iii)  MOX Fuel, a UK Perspective, Evidence to the New Zealand Government Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade  Select Committee, May 2001

Review of the Emergency Planning Measures   relating to Royal Navy Nuclear Powered Submarines at Southampton Docks Corporate Committee, Southampton City Council, Solent Coalition Against Nuclear Ships, May 2001

Second Report on the Safety of HMS Tireless whilst under Repair at Government of Gibraltar,  jointly  authored with Arup and NNC, 5 April 2001.

Review of the Emergency Planning Measures relating to the Berthing of Royal Navy Nuclear Powered Submarines at the Clyde Bases, Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Nuclear Free Authorities, April  2001

Magnox Ageing - A Review of Wylfa Magnox Reactor Ageing Process, February 2001

Review of a Soviet Plutonium Transit Capsule, October 2000

Report on the Safety of HMS Tireless whilst under Repair at Gibraltar, Government of Gibraltar, jointly authored with Arup and NNC, 12 September 2000.

Report to the Assembly of the International Conference on Low-Level Radiation & Health, Proc 15^th International Conference on Low-Level Radiation & Health, Nuclear Awareness Group, July 2000

Assessment of Nuclear Operations at the Laguna Verdi Nuclear Power Plant, Mexico April 2000

Review - The Sea Transportation of Irradiated Fuel by SKB, Part I Stocks and Movements  Pt II Hazard and Risk, November 1998

Millennium Bug Y2k  Potential Threat to Nuclear Facilities, Greenpeace Int  December 1999

Evaluation of the SKB High- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste at Aspo, Sweden, KBS-3, SKI, Stockholm, October 1997

Export of Radioactive Waste from Taiwan to North Korea, TOPI, Taiwan State University, Taipai, June 1997

Alleged Damage to the Railway Line between Frome and Whatley Quarry, R v Rose Browning, September 1996

Dual Capable Nuclear Technology, RL2084-A, 1995