Nuclear waste in the Blackwater?

Quite but you may be mistaking Magnox for a company that cares for what people think. It is not that long ago that they were saying that there were no plans to bring nuclear waste from other sites, then they managed to build a pen for the waste that was umpteen times larger than they needed for the site (how did they get permission for that; I can't get planning permission for a modest extension) and now they are saying that a decision on proposals for Bradwell to take nuclear waste from elsewhere will be decided early next year. They will get permission won't they!

On a note of Fred Drift, messing around a couple of days ago, it seemed to me that the 'channel' by the 'line of moorings' seems to have deepened this year. By a rough guestimate I found over 3ft more on the line of moorings than at the bar in the 'deep' (ho-ho) water marked channel. I wasn't able to hoover up any data on that occasion on the grounds that an idiot had plugged in the cable to the wrong USB port but I am going to try and collect some data this week and refresh the chart. Still too embarrassed to enter the marina to check out that shallow patch in the entrance Roger.
 
I thought they were proposing a marine conservation zone to protect the oysters??!!??

Left hand - meet right hand
 
All depends on the levels that are being discussed. Most people are not aware that their drinking water contains measurable amounts of uranium (1-3ppb) due to it being naturally present in rocks and soils and fairly soluble. One bottled water from a well known volcanic region has 5-8 ppb of arsenic in it.... The dose makes the poison, not simply the presence.
 
I think there is a conspiracy about the future use of the Power Station. Look at that blue - It is IKEA blue, I think they are going to turn it into an IKEA Superstore - They always have trouble getting permission for such a large structure, so now they are turning the Power Station into an IKEA Superstore on the quiet, and hope nobody will notice
 
Well, I think nuclear waste is stored in pools or in dry casks. Some believe it should be processed for re-use as is done in France. But U.S. scientist Ed Lyman said that nuclear processing plants create large amounts of low-level waste. He pointed to today’s incident in France as a reminder of the danger of dealing with even those low-level radioactive materials. Source of article: Explosion in French nuclear facility kills one, injures four
 
johnnysmith said:
Well, I think nuclear waste is stored in pools or in dry casks. Some believe it should be processed for re-use as is done in France. But U.S. scientist Ed Lyman said that nuclear processing plants create large amounts of low-level waste. He pointed to today’s incident in France as a reminder of the danger of dealing with even those low-level radioactive materials. Source of article: http://www.newsytype.com/11226-explosion-french-nuclear-facility/
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Low level waste can even be clean overalls. any waste gets called low level from any nuke plant
Have you come here to grind your axe
 
I think Tillergirl might have a valid point but not quite in the way he intends. Magnox don't really care what some people say because regardless of what they are told, some people will still believe anything labelled nuclear waste is horrendously dangerous. The Environment Agency says it's safe but Magnox probably thinks the protesters are simply 'local loonies'. A lot of them are and it's a shame that because of them, Magnox feels it's not worth any further explanation or consultation. Of course people have concerns - whether justified or not - and it's a shame that Magnox doesn't feel it would serve any use consulting or explaining any further . We just got back from Rome and in a large group of Japanese tourists some were wearing surgical masks. They were obviously afraid of a threat that no one else thought was significant.

My wife used to work for British Gas and once or twice was called out to gas explosions to handle the press. (one was caused by a handyman blocking a gas pipe with a carrot while he changed the cooker!) A quick google provides figures that "Ten people were injured in a gas explosion that "flattened" two houses on a street in Clacton, Essex." Figures for 2011 ( the ones i found fastest|) showed that 20,000 accidental fires occurred due to electrical installations.

No one demonstrates against gas and electricity. A friend of mine in PR used to say 'a squirrel is just a rat with a good PR man'. Gas and electric are squirrels, nuclear is a rat.
 
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