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Nuclear power station leaked radioactive waste

Nuclear plant put on final warning after leak

herald scotland Lucinda Cameron 20 Sept 09

A nuclear power station has been sent a final warning letter after radioactive waste leaked into the sea.

Around 2600 litres of low-level waste was discharged from Hunterston B into the Firth of Clyde because of a problem with a valve……………..

Environmentalists said the situation raised fresh concerns about nuclear power.

WWF Scotland spokesman Lang Banks said: ‘‘Once again the nuclear industry has shown itself to be totally inept when it comes to public and environmental safety.

‘‘The long delay in this leak becoming public just compounds the problem. That SEPA has had to issue a final warning shows just how serious this incident was.

“However, the history of nuclear power plants is littered with final warnings . . . Nuclear power is a dirty, dangerous and expensive energy source. The sooner Scotland is nuclear-free the better.’’…………….

The SNP’s Westminster spokesman on Energy and the Environment, Mike Weir, said: “The dangers and frequency of accidents at nuclear power plants have been well documented.

‘‘Scotland needs to capitalise on its vast renewable energy potential, as the SNP Government is doing, instead of following London Labour’s blind faith in costly, dirty, dangerous and unreliable nuclear power.

“With around a quarter of Europe’s wave and tidal energy potential, as well as massive wind power opportunities, there are fantastic economic and employment opportunities, and the Scottish Government has announced plans to create 16,000 green energy related jobs in Scotland over the next decade.”

.Nuclear plant put on final warning after leak – Herald Scotland | News | Transport & Environment

September 21, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, UK, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes