Object to AWE Aldermaston's new Trident warhead lab

The Atomic Weapons Establishment is seeking planning permission for a new Hydrodynamics Research facility at Aldermaston which will study the behaviour of materials within the warhead. The facility will recreate the extreme conditions within a nuclear explosion without causing a detonation.

The government claims this testing is to ensure the reliability of the existing Trident warheads, but the proposed facility is planned with the expectation that AWE will be asked to build a new generation of warheads in the coming years.

The public are entitled to give their views on this planning application.

Please use the following form to email an objection to West Berkshire Council and if you wish, copy in AWE Aldermaston. Please make your objection personal to you and your circumstances by modifying the following text, especially if you live nearby.

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West Berkshire Council planning department Atomic Weapons Establishment
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Please find attached an objection to planning application 10/01695/COMIND. I wish to withhold my personal details from publication and therefore request that only the following section is made available to the public by your department.

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Planning Application 10/01695/COMIND
Hydrodynamics Research facility, AWE Aldermaston

I would like to object to the planning application for a new Hydrodynamics Research Facility at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston on the following grounds:

� The proposed facility is a new development at the AWE Aldermaston site and is not a replacement for a single existing facility.
� No consultation with the general public took place before the planning application was submitted.
� Information about the risks to public safety and the environment posed by the new facility has not been disclosed to the public or the Council.
� Construction of this major development will lead to noise, disturbance, and increased traffic volumes in the vicinity.
� Experiments undertaken in the proposed new facility will be used in the design of new nuclear weapons and are intended to allow the UK to circumvent the intention of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by acting as a substitute for nuclear weapons testing.

I would be grateful if you could ensure that members of the Eastern Area Planning Committee are made aware of these concerns.

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Object to AWE Aldermaston's new Trident warhead lab