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United Kingdom: Record number radioactive particles found beaches near Sellafield
2014-04-20 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A record number of radioactive hotspots have been found contaminating public beaches near the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria, according to a report by the site's operator. As many as 383 radioactive particles and stones were detected and removed from seven beaches in 2010-11, bringing the total retrieved since 2006 to 1,233. Although Sellafield insists that the health risks for beach users are "very low", there are concerns that some potentially dangerous particles may remain undetected...
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U.K. Officials Unhappy with U.S.-Led Cleanup of Sellafield Nuclear Waste Site
2014-02-14 14:31:14| ENR.com: Headline News
Audit by Parliament reveals cost overruns and management flaws, but the UK's cleanup agency notes the huge site's complexity, age and extent of radiological hazards.
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United Kingdom: Sellafield consortium under fire for failing to disclose 'damning' audit
2014-02-09 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guaridan: A parliamentary committee report, published this week, is expected to criticise the consortium running Sellafield, Europe's largest nuclear site. The public accounts committee's Progress at Sellafield report blasts the consortium's management for not disclosing the existence of an audit that tracked their failure to meet performance targets, and highlights lax financial controls that let employees bill the taxpayer for hundreds of thousands of pounds in expenses, including 714 on a chauffeur-driven...
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United Kingdom: Sellafield nuclear reports "elevated levels of radioactivity"
2014-01-31 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Workers at the Sellafield nuclear site have been told to stay at home after "elevated levels of radioactivity" were detected overnight. The site is closed to all but essential staff although a spokesman said the move was a purely precautionary measure and that the radiation levels were too low to be a danger to workers or the public. Operator Sellafield Ltd said in a statement: "As a result of a conservative and prudent decision, the Sellafield site is operating normally but with reduced manning...
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UK's Sellafield plant detects elevated radioactivity
2014-01-31 10:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain's Sellafield nuclear fuel reprocessing plant said on Friday it had detected higher than usual levels of radiation and ordered all non-essential staff to stay at home. Sellafield, the site of Britain's worst nuclear accident in 1957 and once the producer of plutonium for nuclear bombs, said there was no risk to the public, a statement echoed by the government. The operator said the facility, just outside Britain's striking Lake District national park on the coast of the Irish sea in...
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