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Marianne Birkby

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Art, Science and People Power to Stop Nuclear

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Marianne Birkby’s Biography

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Radiation Free Lakeland founder. Using art, science and people power to stop the dumping of radioactive waste into the sea, air and land.

Marianne Birkby’s Journalist Portfolio

To dump nuclear waste, first they must dump democracy!

To dump nuclear waste, first they must dump democracy!

The nuclear industry concede that a nuclear burial site would definitely leak radioactive atoms that would ge…

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Cumbria flooding: Environment Agency issues alert on Drigg nuclear waste site

Cumbria flooding: Environment Agency issues alert on Drigg nuclear waste site

Standing water, sometimes contaminated with low levels of radioactivity, is present in approximately half of …

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Bodysnatching, Radiation Poisoning and Infanticide

Bodysnatching, Radiation Poisoning and Infanticide

Let's look at "bodysnatching": remember the Redfern Inquiry into the taking of body parts from radioactively-…

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Radioactive Y-fronts and the limits of Parliamentary scrutiny

Radioactive Y-fronts and the limits of Parliamentary scrutiny

This week the nuclear industry and its Westminster friends celebrated the dawning of a new age, as French ene…

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ROCK SOLID? EXPO

ROCK SOLID? EXPO

ROCK SOLID? EXPO catalogue of artworks from some of the UKs leading artists on possibly the most important an…

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Plan to Bring Failed Japanese Fast Breeder Reactor’s Contaminated Sodium to Workington

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By Marianne Birkby
| Substack
Image: Monju - Japan’s failed experimental “fast breeder” reactor Japan is looking to get shot of nuclear waste from its failed experimental “fast breeder” Monju reactor and Workington’s MP along with Cumberland Council is only too happy to help. “Subject to the necessary planning and regulatory permissions, Cavendish Nuclear, together with its delivery partner Amentum, will be constructing a new facility at the port.
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Save Whitehaven Harbour

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By Marianne Birkby
| crowdfunder.co.uk
Beautiful Harbour and Wildlife Being Polluted I love Whitehaven with its Georgian architecture and beautiful sandstone harbour and have painted and drawn the wildlife and nearby clifftops there many times. But the harbour and the marine life of the supposedly 'protected' Marine Conservation Zones of the Solway and Irish Sea are now being visibly polluted day in and day out.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Researching writing and illustrating information panels for Cumbria Wildlife Trust ..i was 18

Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes - my Mum made me learn to touch type at night school when I was taking A levels - useful but not in the way Mum thought!

What does it mean to be a journalist?

telling truthful stories