Uranium Pond at Sellafieldsparks Court Threat by Eu; New Alert Over 'Nuclear Bomb' Risk

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THE European Commission is threatening to take the British government to court for failing to account for hundreds of tonnes of dangerous radioactive waste at the Sellafield nuclear complex.

A confidential EC memo leaked to the Sunday Herald alleges that the state-owned company British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) has been breaking European law for years by leaving unknown amounts of mixed- up waste in an open pond at the Cumbrian site. The waste should be properly looked after because some of the plutonium and uranium it contains could be made into nuclear bombs.

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Uranium Pond at Sellafieldsparks Court Threat by Eu; New Alert Over 'Nuclear Bomb' Risk

Delays and difficulties in solving the problem since it was first raised by the Commission in 1986 are causing "increasing concern", the leaked memo says. "A further delay in overcoming the continuous infringements c...

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