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Sellafield bosses ignored and punished this whistleblower.

This whistleblower was a loyal Sellafield employee for decades- in a
potentially highly dangerous nuclear waste site where over 140 tons of
plutonium is stored including from nuclear military waste warheads – and
he was one of a large number of people employed to secure safety at the
plant.

Some eight years ago he began to raise safety issues leading to what
is said to be a highly critical issue. An email sent to the Office for
Nuclear Regulation, the watchdog body, outlines his story.

After raising this at a whistleblower pre meeting in 2022 followed by a meeting with the
former chief executive, Martin Chown, he suddenly found he was subject to
an internal disciplinary inquiry by Sellafield based on the bogus claim
that he had brought alcohol on the premises which is strictly forbidden at
Sellafield.

Terrified that they would try to pin this false claim on him,
the employee voluntarily went to a local police station and submitted to a
blood test, which revealed that he had zero alcohol in his system.

 Westminster Confidential 8th July 2024

July 12, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized