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French Invasion, Norman Conquest, 1066, Bayeux Tapestry
As discussed a few days ago, the UK Dept. of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) wants to declare highly radioactive waste, effectively “non radioactive”, by magical fiat, in order to send to it to landfills throughout the UK. Once exempted, the waste can end up not only in landfills, but as construction filler or anyplace else for “Controls on disposal of this material, after removal from the premises where the wastes arose, are not necessary.” Almost all nuclear reactors in the UK are currently owned by French State owned EDF. The second French invasion is radioactive.

The amounts effectively declared “non-radioactive” (approx. 4000 Bq/kg) and to be sent to landfill are 6 x more radioactive than allowed for EU food (4 x greater than UK food rules; 40 x greater than Japanese rules) and allow 400 x more tritium (40,000 Bq/liter)…