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Secret dumping of nuclear wastes at Teesside, UK

the Ministry of Defence (MoD) cleared tonnes of hazardous and radioactive material left over after bomb blasts and transported it back to the UK, where it was dumped at Port Clarence landfill, Stockton, in 2008.

Shock at nuclear waste dumping on Teesside – Gazette Live, UK 7 mar 11, VETERANS of nuclear bomb tests carried out during the Cold War have spoken of their shock at discovering radioactive waste from the mission was dumped on Teesside 50 years later. The ex-servicemen witnessed the blasts at Christmas Island in the South Pacific first hand, and believe many veterans’ lives have been ruined by the after effects of exposure to the fallout.

As revealed in the Evening Gazette last week, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) cleared tonnes of hazardous and radioactive material left over after bomb blasts and transported it back to the UK, where it was dumped at Port Clarence landfill, Stockton, in 2008.

Test veteran Denis Shaw, who comes from Billingham but now lives at Grosmont, said he could not believe the MoD had brought the waste to Teesside without telling the public…………..

it has emerged that the load – 338 tonnes of waste including lead, asbestos and 30 tonnes of radioactive sand – arrived in the UK at Blyth in Northumberland, and was transported by road on three lorries. It is not known which route the convoy took to reach Teesside…….furious residents of nearby Port Clarence believe they should have been informed, and Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham has called for an inquiry…….

Shock at nuclear waste dumping on Teesside – Local News – News – Gazette Live

March 8, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, UK, wastes