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
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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09.05.2005 22:00
Nick
twas contianed
10.05.2005 14:02
anarchkit
will they ever learn?
11.05.2005 11:33
nora
Information about nuclear power to be restricted
11.05.2005 15:51
http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,2763,1477701,00.html
Terror fears draw veil over nuclear plants
Details of new power stations may be kept secret
Information about nuclear power stations, including safety issues and potential hazards, will be concealed from the public under guidelines drawn up by the government because of terrorism fears.
Information which should be kept secret includes details of potential hazards, where nuclear waste is stored, annual threat assessments, the results of security investigations, and the function of certain buildings. "Effectively the DTI is saying that a planning officer faced with a planning application for, let's say, a new nuclear waste store will not be able to seek adequate information about the application unless this is to be handled in secrecy," said George Regan, chairman of the steering committee of Nuclear Free Local Authorities.
Seventy categories of information listed in the guidelines, more than two-thirds of the total, are "not releaseable", according to the Environmental Data Services report, a respected independent bulletin. "Tomorrow's researchers will have to make do with 'general maps showing the position and limits of a nuclear facility but without details of what is contained therein,'" it said.
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