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UK’s Ministry of Defence under pressure to clean up radiation sites

More pressure on MoD after new report on Dalgety Bay radiation risk The Courier UK By LEEZA CLARK, 23 July 2013 Gordon Brown has called for a swift Ministry of Defence agreement to fund the Dalgety Bay radiation clean-up after the UK Government’s radiation watchdog highlighted imminent health risks.

The Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment has backed the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s recent report into the long-running saga and has called for remedial action to be taken as soon as possible.

This, he claimed, could set up a head-on clash between the MoD and Sepa, after the ministry refused to back the agency’s report into radiation in the area……. The committee is also so worried about the number of sites where there is radiation contamination that it wants to create a UK-wide list of sites which are known to have been, or thought to be potentially contaminated with radium.

It is the latest twist in the battle to clean up the area contaminated with particles of radioactive radium-226. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/more-pressure-on-mod-after-new-report-on-dalgety-bay-radiation-risk-1.114331

July 24, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, UK