BNFL DU controversy Uranium to be dumped

While researching DU production, Phil, a CADU volunteer uncovered a story from last year about British Nuclear Fuels plans to dump up to 30,000 bags of depleted uranium contaminated waste at a rubbish dump near Preston, in north-west England, run by Lancashire Waste Services. The waste comes from the nearby BNFL Springfield nuclear fuel complex and each plastic bag will contain up to 0.2 per cent (by weight) of uranium, or up to 20 grams. The contaminated waste would previously have gone to the Drigg low-level waste dump but the complex is filling up and space is at a premium. The company is therefore looking for alternatives for low-level wastes. The story is from Nuclear Base Information Service, and now CADU will be investigating further whether this dumping actually occurred.

http://www.n-base.org.uk/public/briefing/brief262.htm

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From CADU News 10 : Spring 2002

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