[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, RADIATION: Scotland Trident sub bases

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

MoD in 'disgrace' as safety breaches at Trident bases reach record high

Sunday Herald (Glasgow, Scotland)
September 28, 2008

Safety blunders at the nuclear bomb bases on the Clyde have rocketed to 
a record high, shutting down submarine reactors, spilling radioactivity 
and contaminating workers.

An internal Ministry of Defence (MoD) report has revealed that there 
were exactly 100 nuclear safety lapses at Faslane and Coulport, near 
Helensburgh, between June 2006 and May 2007. This was 40% higher than 
the previous year and nearly three times higher than in 2000-01.

Safety at the bases - home to the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system - 
has been condemned as "an absolute disgrace" by the Scottish National 
Party. The MoD, however, insisted that safety standards were improving

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2453810.0.mod_in_disgrace_as_safety_breaches_at_trident_bases_reach_record_high.php

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Lenny Siegel
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