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Design Flaws In Nuclear Transport Ships Increase The Risk Of Accidents Claims Report

Design flaws in nuclear transport ships increase the risk of accidents, claims report

Sunday Herald 13 April 09 Consultant says claims of safety ‘lack scientific and technical credibility’By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor

THE GROWING number of nuclear waste shipments being made through the Irish Sea risk accidents that could cause widespread radioactive contamination, according to an expert report out this week.The transport ships have “design flaws” that could make them unsafe while the emergency plans in place for coping with an accident are non- existent or inadequate, the report says.At least 45 movements of nuclear materials have been made north and south through the Irish Sea since 2004.

Cargoes of radioactive waste and fuel are transported from the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria to nuclear plants in Japan, the US and Europe.advertisementThe report was commissioned by a coalition of more than 70 local authorities in the UK and Ireland worried about nuclear power. It was written by the independent marine pollution consultant, Tim Deere-Jones, and is due to be published in a few days.

Design Flaws In Nuclear Transport Ships Increase The Risk Of Accidents Claims Report (from Sunday Herald)

April 13, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive, uranium