[NukeNet] Scotland UK: Publibhed Sept. 9, 2007 - Sunday Herald Newspaper Online

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Scotland - Europe - Published Sepy. 9, 2007

Dennis F. Nester
4510 E. Willow Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85032-6447
602-494-9361
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Let them eat DU...forevermore!

There are over 430 nuclear reactors world wide. Of
those, 104 in the USA. They all make atom bomb
and dirty bomb elements. And many hidden agendas!

North Korea showed the value of extortion to the
world going nuclear. The big stick is the highest 
political tool. 

These reactors are 30, 40, 50 years old. They are
not designed to use mixed oxide fuel (MOX). It
is dangerous and will lead to the next Chernobyl
magnitude meltdown and a cascading global 
depression. Will our governments use it as an
excuse to limit freedom? All machinery breaks 
down in time. Nuclear reactors too!

>From 1945 on...everyone has man-made radiation
in their DNA and each generation adds to their body
burden. The perfect killer, invisible, imperceptible.
No one is immune.
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Posted by: Plobotsky on 1:39am Sun 9 Sep 07

Hey, Yank - wtf has that to do with Dounreay?
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Posted by: donald, glasgow on 8:13am Sun 9 Sep 07 

It's not the Ham Shanks, but the Pom Frits who dump their nuclear madness on Scotland.
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Posted by: Guga, Rockall on 8:49am Sun 9 Sep 07

Dounreay has been breaking the "rules" for years. That is why they are finding radioactive particles in the sea and on the beaches all around Dounreay. In addition, the sink hole they have used for years for dumping all sorts of toxic material into, is downright dangerous. There have already been explosions in it, and nobody is even sure exactly what has been dumped down the hole. They need to clear the lot out and close the whole establishment down as soon as possible. In addition, given their level of incompetence, they should not be allowed to bring any more radioactive material into the site.
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Dounreay admits to breaking rule
The nuclear complex at Dounreay has been reprimanded by the UK government's safety watchdog for breaking the rules when importing radioactive waste from France.

More than seven tonnes of irradiated uranium oxide was shipped to the Caithness plant in June. But its operator, the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), "forgot" to ask permission from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII).

The revelation comes from the NII's latest report to the Dounreay Stakeholder Group, involving local people. "Receipt of this fuel was in breach of Dounreay Licence Instrument No 47," it says.

This rule was imposed in 1997 and requires the UKAEA to gain the NII's agreement before it imports any irradiated material. The NII has now written to the UKAEA formally warning it not to break the rule again.

According to Pete Roche, a nuclear consultant based in Edinburgh, such errors should not be allowed to happen. "Nuclear materials can be much too dangerous for mistakes," he said.

"The NII should report it to the procurator fiscal."

The uranium oxide was manufactured for the UKAEA's now-defunct fast breeder reactor research programme at Dounreay. It was irradiated in a reactor at Winfrith in Dorset and then exported to France under a collaborative European programme in 1989.

It has long been agreed the material should be returned to Dounreay, and it was listed as part of the site's radioactive legacy in 2000. It will now be disposed of as waste.

The UKAEA admitted yesterday to a "procedural glitch". The uranium was transported safely and in full compliance with normal procedures, a spokesman said. "But we have acknowledged the site did not comply with an additional control imposed by the NII in 1997 at a time when there was great concern about the use of Dounreay's facilities for commercial fuel work," the spokesman added.

A spokesman for the NII confirmed the UKAEA had been reminded that no irradiated fuel should be brought on to the site without its agreement. "UKAEA has acknowledged the oversight," he said.

6:24pm Saturday 8th September 2007


By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor



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