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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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United Kingdom: Sellafield nuclear site has 'elevated levels of radioactivity'
2014-01-31 09:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Sellafield nuclear site is being operated with a reduced number of staff following the detection overnight of elevated levels of radioactivity. Non-essential staff are being told not to come to work, although this is described as a precautionary measure, and in a statement the site's operator said there was "no risk to the general public or workforce". It is unclear how long the plant will operate with reduced staffing but a few hundred workers are understood to be on the site. The statement...
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Scientists uncover high radioactivity near fracking site in Pennsylvania
2013-10-07 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scientists have for the first time found dangerous levels of radioactivity and salinity at a shale gas waste disposal site that could contaminate drinking water. If the UK follows in the steps of the US "shale gas revolution", it should impose regulations to stop such radioactive buildup, they said. The Duke University study, published on Wednesday, examined the water discharged from Josephine Brine Treatment Facility into Blacklick Creek, which feeds into a water source for western Pennsylvania...
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Dangerous levels of radioactivity found at fracking waste site in Pennsylvania
2013-10-03 10:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scientists have for the first time found dangerous levels of radioactivity and salinity at a shale gas waste disposal site that could contaminate drinking water. If the UK follows in the steps of the US "shale gas revolution", it should impose regulations to stop such radioactive buildup, they said. The Duke University study, published on Wednesday, examined the water discharged from Josephine Brine Treatment Facility into Blacklick Creek, which feeds into a water source for western Pennsylvania...
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