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*BRITAIN’S NUCLEAR INCOMPETENCE: 1,000 danger incidents reported*

*BRITAIN’S nuclear regulator has been accused of downplaying almost 1,000
dangerous incidents that have been recorded as “anomalies” at power plants
and military bases across the country. *

By Siobhan McFadyen
<http://www.express.co.uk/search/?s=%20Siobhan%20McFadyen&b=1&gt;

Daily Express: 10:27, Tue, Dec 27, 2016 |

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/747542/Nuclear-hazard-UK-as-1000-danger-incidents-reported

The nuclear regulator has been accused of turning a blind eye to incidents

The events appear to be serious and include a torpedo accidentally being
fired by HMS Argyll when it was moored at Devonport Naval base in Plymouth.

The 9ft missile shot through the air before blowing a hole in a perimeter
fence and smashing into a storage container.

Other incidents involve workers being contaminated at a nuclear warhead
base, the discarding of uranium sludge and the radioactive element caesium
in bin bags and more than 30 power station fires.

And it appears incidents have more than doubled since 2010 and…