Accident in Sellafield
anarchobabe | 09.05.2005 15:44 | Ecology | Technology | World
According to Radio Z, quoting The Guardian and The Times a part of the Sellafield nuclear plant had to be shut down after a acident.
200 t of highly deadly plutonium have leaked out of a pipeline.
The level for plutonium to be deadly is said to be in the area of milligrams.
Tis news come at a time when the British government is planing to expand the nuclear programm.
200 t of highly deadly plutonium have leaked out of a pipeline.
The level for plutonium to be deadly is said to be in the area of milligrams.
Tis news come at a time when the British government is planing to expand the nuclear programm.
According to the community radio station Radio Z 
http://www.radio-z.net/news/news.php, quoting the original source as "The Guardian" http://www.guardian.co.uk/ and "The Times" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ an accident has happened at Sellafield.
A part of Sellafield had to be shut down after the accident.
According to "The Times" and "The Guardian" aboput 200 tons of Plutonium and Uran in highly concentrated nitric acid have leaked out of a burst pipe.
According to "The Times" the fraction of Plutonium is 200 kilogramm.
Plutonium is highly poisenous to humans.
It is assumed that the deadly dosis for humans would be in the area of milligrams.
That would mean that the amount of leaked plutonium would be enough to kill 10´000´000 people.
The operating company of Sellafield declared there would be no danger to humans nor environment.
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The news come at a time, when the British government is aiming to expand its nuclear programm, see:
http://scotland.indymedia.org/otherpress/display/273
And when, according to The Independent, Nuclear Advisers have conflict of intrests due to their business connections:
http://scotland.indymedia.org/mod/otherpress/display/276/index.php
http://www.radio-z.net/news/news.php, quoting the original source as "The Guardian" http://www.guardian.co.uk/ and "The Times" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ an accident has happened at Sellafield. A part of Sellafield had to be shut down after the accident.
According to "The Times" and "The Guardian" aboput 200 tons of Plutonium and Uran in highly concentrated nitric acid have leaked out of a burst pipe.
According to "The Times" the fraction of Plutonium is 200 kilogramm.
Plutonium is highly poisenous to humans.
It is assumed that the deadly dosis for humans would be in the area of milligrams.
That would mean that the amount of leaked plutonium would be enough to kill 10´000´000 people.
The operating company of Sellafield declared there would be no danger to humans nor environment.
__________
The news come at a time, when the British government is aiming to expand its nuclear programm, see:
http://scotland.indymedia.org/otherpress/display/273 And when, according to The Independent, Nuclear Advisers have conflict of intrests due to their business connections:
http://scotland.indymedia.org/mod/otherpress/display/276/index.php
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