Letter to Tim Farron MP to ask that our Petition to the HSE is Heard and Acted On

Dear Tim,

Last April we wrote to the HSE about the proposals to extract coal within five miles of Sellafield and fracking five miles from Springfields in Preston.  We did not recieve a reply.

Last week we sent (after trying to hand deliver..just think Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy!) a petition of 1163 signatures (and growing) and a letter to the HSE asking that there should be a moratorium on the extraction of fossil fuel in such  close proximity to dangerous nuclear installations.

The Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations carried out an assessment of seismic risk for nuclear installations following Fukushima.    However the report (Japanese earthquake and tsunami: Implications for the UK nuclear industry HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations September 2011)
makes no reference to the impact of new fossil fuel extraction near nuclear installations and does not include the real possibility of induced seismicity from that fossil fuel extraction.

This is the reason we have written to the HSE to ask for a moratorium on fossil fuel extraction which is currently proposed so close to Springfields, Lancashire (the front end of the nuclear cycle) and Sellafield, Cumbria ( the back end of the nuclear cycle) both sites are at risk of criticality following seismic events.

The full letter to the HSE is included below. We have not recieved an acknowledgment.  We would be very grateful if you could ensure that this letter is seen and acted upon by the HSE.

with Many Thanks!