and nobody thought to mention it....?

[0iD]

Suffolk 'ten hours from nuclear accident'

SUFFOLK was just ten hours away from a serious nuclear accident at Sizewell A, it has been claimed.

About 10,000 gallons of radioactively contaminated water was discharged into the North Sea in January 2007 after a pipe - carrying cooling water to an engineered “pond” containing highly radioactive spent fuel rods - burst.

And nobody thought this was important because? I know 10,000 gallons isn't actually that much in the great scheme of things, but you'd have thought it would warrant some sort of public alert at the time?

[kalniel]

And nobody thought this was important because?

It's only Suffolk?

[nvening]

erm so am i the only one reading that if they hadnt done what they were supposed to have done then we would be in trouble?

thats like saying if someone didnt stop at a red light they would probably crash - well yes but er...

[Lee H]

It's only Suffolk?

Surely the tidal currents would have taken it to Norfolk instead?

That explains that area nicely

[Salazaar]

'Ten hours from nuclear accident' seems like plenty of time actually... I'm sure the effect would have been pretty bad if it all went wrong but it's hardly in the 24/007 league of seconds away from disaster!

(Actually scratch the 24 thing, they usually let at least one nuke/power plant/bio-bomb explode per day).

Seems to me a more realistic headline should have been 'Critical problem dealt with in a timely fashion with minimal impact' but I guess that would sell less papers. And exactly how radioactive is radioactive? There was a report earlier this year about a 'disasterous' radioactive leak by the MoD in Scotland and it turned out that there was less radioactivity than if you dropped a lumionous watch into the water!

[0iD]

http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/n...A44%3A27%3A950
Full story.

[Nick]

Actually, iirc, the current flows south from there... Hello French peoples... we have saved your energy bills as anyone on the North Coast will now glow after a swim.

[pollaxe]

That'll learn 'em not to invite the Queen to D-Day celebrations...

[Funkstar]

About 10,000 gallons of radioactively contaminated water was discharged into the North Sea in January 2007 after a pipe - carrying cooling water to an engineered “pond” containing highly radioactive spent fuel rods - burst.

Walker Technical Resources

I think one of our sales gues needs to give them a phone

[Ice Tea]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6242083.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6965643.stm

"A spokesman for Sizewell said the water was contained within the plant "


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