RADIOACTIVE waste left over from nuclear bomb tests carried out in the 1950s has been dumped at a landfill site on Teesside, the Evening Gazette can reveal. Residents at Port Clarence, Stockton,have spoken of their anger after the Government secretly disposed of as much as 388 tonnes of the hazardous material less than a mile from their homes. The toxic waste was left over after controversial UK weapons tests in the Pacific at the height of the Cold War. The Gazette can reveal much of the material was buried at a landfill site run by Augean on the north side of the River Tees in 2008, within a mile of Middlesbrough town centre, and directly across the water from Boro's Riverside Stadium. Officials have stressed that the waste poses no threat to members of the public, but local residents...
harmful effect on people's health are the biggest concerns residents have over the building of a new nuclear power station on Anglesey. Horizon Nuclear Power want to build a two or three-reactor plant on land around Wylfa, which has been selected by the Government as a site for a new generation of nuclear stations.
THE Evening Gazette today calls for the authorities to tell the full story about the radioactive waste from nuclear bomb tests that was secretly dumped on Teesside. As we reported yesterday, toxic material left behind after military explosions over Christmas Island in the South Pacific in the 1950s was transported back to the UK and consigned to landfill on a site next to the Tees within a mile of Middlesbrough town centre. The Environment Agency approved the dumping at Port Clarence, Stockton, and said the only radioactive materials included in the load were luminous painted dials found in abandoned military vehicles. But site operators Augean have admitted that they received 30 tonnes of radioactive sand from the Ministry of Defence. Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham said he was "abso...
A SECRET shortlist of a dozen sites across the UK where the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is thinking of dumping dangerous radioactive waste from defunct nuclear submarines can be revealed today by the Sunday Herald. As many as five of the sites under consideration - for storing up to 500 cubic metres of toxic scrap from 27 submarines - are in Scotland. They are the two naval nuclear bases on the Clyde, at Coulport and Faslane, the Rosyth dockyard in Fife, the Dounreay nuclear plant in Caithness and possibly the Hunterston nuclear power station in North Ayrshire.
Scottish ministers have abandoned their ban on nuclear waste dumping, opening the way for a proliferation of permanent radioactive dumps across Scotland. In a major but unnoticed shift of policy, the environment minister Richard Lochhead has dropped his pledge to ensure that waste was only kept in stores near nuclear sites where it could be easily monitored and retrieved in case of leaks.
THOUSANDS of cubic metres of Scotland's nuclear waste could be stored north of the Border instead of being shipped to England. Ministers want to create a network of 'shallow graves' for the country's radioactive waste so it can be easily monitored and retrieved if necessary.
Scottish ministers have abandoned their ban on nuclear waste dumping, opening the way for a proliferation of permanent radioactive dumps across Scotland. In a major but unnoticed shift of policy, the environment minister Richard Lochhead has dropped his pledge to ensure that waste was only kept in stores near nuclear sites where it could be easily monitored and retrieved in case of leaks.
Two previously unknown incidents in which Westcountry-based nuclear-powered submarines leaked radioactive waste have been admitted by the Ministry of Defence. The news has led to further questions about the nuclear safety record of both the Royal Naval Base and Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth, which has suffered numerous accidents in recent years.
THOUSANDS of cubic metres of Scotland's nuclear waste could be stored north of the Border instead of being shipped to England. Ministers want to create a network of 'shallow graves' for the country's radioactive waste so it can be easily monitored and retrieved if necessary.
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