A 44-YEAR-OLD cooling pond at the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria is leaking radioactivity. But the problems that led to the leak are being kept secret because British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) believes the pond could be a target for terrorists. However, the UK’s former environment minister suspects the terror threat is being used to cover up the problem.
“I am concerned that BNFL may be using security considerations as a way of concealing serious environmental risk,” says Michael Meacher, who was sacked last month after six years as environment minister. Meacher is now tabling a series of parliamentary questions to ascertain the state of the pond.…
