Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Scottish CND Push for Transparency after 505 safety incidents revealed at Faslane

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Published on Monday, 19 November 2018 15:49

Scottish CND push for transparency around the Annual Nuclear Safety Reports from the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator which have recently been censored by the Ministry of Defence.

The Ferret (an independent non-profit media cooperative in Scotland) published a letter from Stuart Andrew, defence minister yesterday revealing 505 safety incidents at the Faslane naval base in the last 12 years (over 200 in the last four years). Many of these incidents involved the Trident submarines which carry Britain's nuclear weapons. 

The article states that 23 incidents were catergorised as having a 'high potential' for leaking radioactivity into the environment or within a submarine or building. Some 148 incidents were said to have a 'moderate potential for future release or exposure'. 

Scotland: A Peace of History

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Published on Thursday, 04 October 2018 14:21

We invite you to celebrate with us!

2018 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the formation of the Scottish ‘Council’ for Nuclear Disarmament. We want to use the occasion to showcase and celebrate our history, whilst also looking to our future. To this end, we are creating a timeline of important actions and events, both from within and out with our movement, spanning over eighty years! We have gratefully received funding from the National Lottery’s Heritage Lottery Fund for the timeline project. We hope the final results will be nostalgic, inspiring, and educational.

Launch Event

Sat 15 Dec 2018 12-4pm Mitchell Library, Glasgow

• 12:30pm - Informal opening ceremony with some brief speeches and some music
• 1:00pm - 4:00pm - An opportunity to view the exhibition which celebrates the 60th anniversary of Scottish CND.

Scottish CND members, supporters and people from the wider Scottish Peace Movement are very welcome to attend the opening and view the exhibition on Saturday 15th December 2018. More information can be found on the Facebook event.

Alarm as UK backs US Move to Ditch Key Nuclear Weapon Treaty

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Published on Monday, 22 October 2018 09:53

Scottish anti-nuclear campaigners have reacted with anger and alarm at UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson's unequivocal backing for the US intention to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).

The INF is a bi-lateral treaty between the US and Russia and bans the deployment of nuclear weapons with a range between 300 and 3400 miles. The INF was agreed by Reagan and Gorbachev in 1987 in mutual recognition that weapon systems like the US Pershing and the Soviet SS 20 dangerously reduced the threshold for all-out nuclear war. Intermediate-range nuclear weapon systems were the main focus of disarmament movements in the 80's, such as Greenham Common.

Resolutions and Amendments for Scottish CND AGM 2018

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Published on Thursday, 18 October 2018 13:27

Below is the list of resolutions to be discussed at the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Annual General Meeting on Saturday 10th November 2018 from 10:00am until 3:00pm.

Any individual member of the Scottish Group or affiliated group who would like to put forward any amendments to these resolutions should do so by 4pm on Saturday 3rd November 2018.

Amendments should be emailed to both our campaign worker Emma Cockburn at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Scottish CND secretary Jean Anderson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alternatively, amendments can be hand delivered to the Scottish CND office at 77 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LE between 12pm and 4pm Monday to Friday.

UN Opens Month of Action on Disarmament

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Published on Sunday, 14 October 2018 13:30

The 2018 UN session on Disarmament and International Security opened on 8th October with strong calls on the nuclear armed countries to slash nuclear weapons budgets, reallocate these funds to the Sustainable Development Goals and take action to reduce the risk of nuclear war and advance nuclear disarmament.