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Scotland’s radioactive beach a political hazard for UK government

Mr Brown branded the “dumped” material an “undeniable hazard” for people living nearby.
He told MPs: “They are particles which should be removed quickly …and the urgent action is necessary not just because of risks to safety,

but because the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has now stated publicly that unless the Ministry of Defence brings forward a remedial plan for the area, the agency will designate Dalgety Bay as a radioactive contaminated piece of land and this will be the first and only land to be designated as radioactive contaminated in the UK and they say that they will nominate the Ministry of Defence as the culpable party.”

Brown urges beach radiation action Google News, (UKPA)  19 Jan 12,  Gordon Brown has repeated his demand for a face-to-face a meeting with Defence Secretary Philip Hammond to discuss radiation poisoning. The ex-Prime Minister, who left Downing Street following Labour’s general election defeat in May 2010, wants to discuss contamination in his constituency with Mr Hammond.
He first pleaded for the meeting last November, but has so far been left disappointed.

The latest revelation came in a written Parliamentary question to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) from Mr Brown, who asked the Defence Secretary “when he expects his meeting with the Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath to discuss radiation contamination at Dalgety Bay to take place”….. Mr Brown branded the “dumped” material an “undeniable
hazard” for people living nearby.
He told MPs: “They are particles which should be removed quickly …
and the urgent action is necessary not just because of risks to
safety, but because the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has now
stated publicly that unless the Ministry of Defence brings forward a
remedial plan for the area, the agency will designate Dalgety Bay as a
radioactive contaminated piece of land and this will be the first and
only land to be designated as radioactive contaminated in the UK and
they say that they will nominate the Ministry of Defence as the
culpable party.”
……http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hsP4Qzmxv0X8hkYhrSjHFap6TzSg?docId=N1069131326908915652A

January 19, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK