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| EU frets over British nuclear leak | |
| 2005-05-11 | |
| It's what they do best BRUSSELS, May 11 (UPI) -- The European Union is demanding tougher safety standards and access to all nuclear facilities in the wake of a leak at England's Sellafield power plant. "The recent Sellafield incident shows once more that the EU should be allowed overall framework control for the safety of nuclear installations," Energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said in a statement. "In an area as sensitive as nuclear energy, it is essential to show the greatest form of transparency." The leak occurred April 18, but was only made public this week. The Guardian said enough nuclear waste spilled "to half-fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool." The fluid is so dangerously radioactive that special robots may have to be built to clean up the mess, officials said. It isn't the first time Sellafield has provoked the EU, Deutsche Welle said Wednesday. Last year, EU commissioners threatened legal action after Britain refused to give EU inspectors access to the entire reprocessing plant.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 When they all are freezing and starving in the dark since they can't use coal or nuclear then the Reds Greens will be happy. Dude, just jam in tons of pink R-30 inso into the walls. Light your farts. What's the problem? /moonbat |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-05-11 22:19 |
| #6 I'd let em have a self-guided tour.... after they sign waivers |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-11 16:21 |
| #5 Howard - That's because the static (background radiation) is interesting enough! 3dc - I presume you're refering to the leak rather than the EU's attempt to grab British nuclear resources. In which case: Sellafield's an occasional national embarrassment which most people would rather ignore. Like a sausage, electricity's great, but you wouldn't necessarily want to spend too much time seeing where and how it's made. But perhaps it's also true that - now campaign groups like Greenpeace and their media fellow-travellers are belatedly warming to nuclear power - there's really no one left to give a rat's a*** about spills and leaks any more. Everyone more or less would rather keep quiet about it. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-05-11 16:06 |
| #4 Bulldog and Howard. I posted the story a day or two ago on that City of London blog www.serioustopics.com Not one comment. Not one. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-05-11 15:56 |
| #3 Nothing on BBC Cumbria. Never is. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-05-11 15:26 |
| #2 I have no idea why, but this story's got barely a mention in the UK media. You'd have thought the BBC at least would be all over it. Maybe they've decided nuclear power is the new alternative to fossil fuels after all. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-05-11 15:17 |
| #1 Yea give the German/EU Greens control over your nuclear industry, that's the ticket. The UK will bend over on this. They have been brain washed by their MSM just like we have that nuclear is deadly and evil and must be wiped out. The When they all are freezing and starving in the dark since they can't use coal or nuclear then the |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-05-11 15:17 |