Hinkley nuclear plant mud dumping in Severn faces legal challenge – BBC News
‘Fears that contaminated mud is to be dumped in the Severn estuary are to be heard at the High Court on Tuesday.’
BBC News, 8th March 2022
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Category: nuclear waste
Sellafield faces huge fine over worker’s exposure to radiation – The Guardian
‘Britain’s biggest nuclear waste storage and reprocessing site is facing a potential multimillion-pound fine after an employee was exposed to dangerously high levels of radiation.’
The Guardian, 11th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Sellafield to be prosecuted for sending radioactive waste to wrong disposal site – The Guardian
“Environment Agency takes nuclear firm to court after waste went to landfill instead of Drigg site.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2013
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Kings Cliffe radioactive waste protesters lose appeal – BBC News
“Campaigners have lost a Court of Appeal battle to stop low-level radioactive waste being dumped near their Northamptonshire village.”
BBC News, 18th January 2011
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Village loses high court challenge over radioactive waste – the Guardian
“A group of villagers who claimed they were testing the government’s commitment to ‘localism’ by challenging a waste company’s right to dump radioactive materials in a nearby landfill site have failed in a high court challenge.”
The Guardian, 3rd November 2011
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Sellafield faces fine for exposing staff to radioactivity – The Guardian
“The safety record of Britain’s nuclear industry will be tarnished tomorrow when managers at the Sellafield complex in Cumbria are fined for exposing staff to radioactive contamination.”
The Guardian, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government accused of breaking rules over Sellafield decommissioning plans – The Guardian
“The government was last night under pressure from parliament’s most powerful watchdog committee to re-open consultations on the deal which has landed taxpayers with the bill for nuclear accidents and leaks when a private consortium takes over the decommissioning of Sellafield next month.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sellafield body parts inquiry grows, says QC – The Guardian
“The barrister investigating the removal of body parts from Sellafield workers and those at other nuclear plants over 30 years said yesterday that he expected the number of cases would rise beyond the 65 already disclosed by BNFL.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
