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BRADWELL: Radioactive leak at nuclear plant

BRADWELL: Radioactive leak at nuclear plant

 Essex Chroinic le January 08, 2009, 11:25RADIOACTIVE waste seeped into the ground beneath Bradwell’s Magnox nuclear power station for at least 14 years, a jury heard.The radioactive cocktail of tritium, caesium, cobalt and americium that leaked from a decontamination unit was not discovered until the twin reactors were decommissioned five years ago.The Environment Agency accused Magnox Electric Ltd at Chelmsford Crown Court of unlawfully allowing the leak to occur and failing to maintain its waste disposal system between 1990 and 2004.

BRADWELL: Radioactive leak at nuclear plant

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January 9, 2009 - Posted by | safety

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