Sellafield. Non essential workers told' to stay at home'

Banjo String

Just breaking now.
http://m.rte.ie/news/touch//2014/0131/501354-sellafield/

All non-essential staff have been told not report to work in the Sellafield nuclear plant, due to the detection of elevated levels of radioactivity.

Sellafield lies about 180km from Ireland's coastline.

In a statement, Sellafield said the site was operating at reduced manning levels.

It said as “a result of a conservative and prudent decision, the Sellafield site is operating normally but with reduced manning levels today.

“This follows the detection of elevated levels of radioactivity at one of the on-site radiation monitors at the north end of the site.

Let's hope it's a false alarm, and doesn't effect us on the east coast.

Sir Arthur Daley

Im grand, im on the west coast.

Micky Dolenz

I'd say ye are fcuked.

somuj

All hail Xenu.

Sir Arthur Daley

So its all a false alarm?

IvyTheTerrible

Just heard this on French radio but they had to put it in a completely vague scary way "In the last minute we are receiving reports of elevated levels of radiation at the Sellafield nuclear power plant" and then straight onto another story.

whiskeyman

Got my iodine tablets here somewhere...

tin79

WikiHow wrote: »

So its all a false alarm?

No I would say you should start panicking ......... now.

vicwatson

F.O.A.D. Sellafield

The Backwards Man

Looks like we have to choices.

1) Worry about it because there's fuk all we can do.

2) Don't worry about because there's fuk all we can do.

I'm gonna go with number two.

wilser

So the jammy fcukers get paid for staying at home

microsim

At least the wind is blowing the right way from Ireland's point of view.

Micky Dolenz

wilser wrote: »

So the jammy fcukers get paid for staying at home

Yeah, and they'll never have to buy a light bulb again.

Nino Brown

We'll be grand, Iceland are fooked though. Revenge for the ash cloud, wahay!

http://www.windfinder.com/weather-maps/forecast/unitedkingdom#5/54.393/-6.987

Sir Arthur Daley

The rain will keep the ould radiation down for the day anyway.

microsim

From itv :

'Traffic problems around Sellafield

Traffic problems are being created around the Sellafield Nuclear site after as staff are being told to return home. The site has been closed to around 8000 day workers because of an unspecified operational condition.'

Sounds like the workers can't away quick enough!!

kneemos

Hmmm

J_E

Banjo String

frash wrote: »

why not post the rest of the article which shows it probably not that big of a deal?



source

Well I was pasting as much as I could without posting the full article.

Besides, it's a big enough deal for the workers to be told to stay home today.

Could be a possibility that they might be playing things down a bit.

It's all over the news this morning.

stefan idiot jones

When you are all sheltering in your bunkers, just make sure your water doesn't contain fluoride or your all fcuked.

snubbleste

Where's the SkyNews chopper?

Sir Arthur Daley

snubbleste wrote: »

Where's the SkyNews chopper?

Its out of diesel.

frash

We'll all be following this forum tonight

microsim

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

When you are all sheltering in your bunkers, just make sure your water doesn't contain fluoride or your all fcuked.

Nice to see you living up to your name there.

J_E

snubbleste wrote: »

Where's the SkyNews chopper?

They'll get viewers to go out and take pics for them

Teyla Emmagan

On one of our memorable family trips years ago my Dad decided we were going to visit Sellafield. We were about 8 hours early for the ferry or something. We had an ancient map showing where it was but it's nowhere on any map published in the last 30 years. Anyway we couldn't find it. He was convinced we were within about half a mile of it but, strangely enough it's not signposted. I think he finally gave up driving around in circles with just enough time for us to make the boat, about 5 hours after everyone else in the car started screaming with boredom.

stefan idiot jones

microsim wrote: »

Nice to see you living up to your name there.

Stefan?

fergiesfolly

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

On one of our memorable family trips years ago my Dad decided we were going to visit Sellafield. We were about 8 hours early for the ferry or something. We had an ancient map showing where it was but it's nowhere on any map published in the last 30 years. Anyway we couldn't find it. He was convinced we were within about half a mile of it but, strangely enough it's not signposted. I think he finally gave up driving around in circles with just enough time for us to make the boat, about 5 hours after everyone else in the car started screaming with boredom.

Your dad sounds like a laugh.
Where did ye go after that?
Water works or the local dump?

mathie

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Looks like we have to choices.

1) Worry about it because there's fuk all we can do.

2) Don't worry about because there's fuk all we can do.

I'm gonna go with number two.

There are always tree options.

anncoates

Anything that makes the country slightly warmer is to be welcomed surely?

Frank Black

WikiHow wrote: »

So its all a false alarm?

It's not even an alarm at all.

hoodwinked

frash wrote: »

why not post the rest of the article which shows it probably not that big of a deal?



source

thats what they want you to think....


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Robbo

In before people from Louth trying to blame this for the grimness of their existence.

microsim

Frank Black wrote: »

It's not even an alarm at all.

Says who? Sending 8000 workers home sounds alarming to me. I wonder how the martyrs who have to stay at the plant feel

Sir Arthur Daley

Frank Black wrote: »

It's not even an alarm at all.

Panic over nothing, think OP needs to tighten up his strings as he is out of tune.

yeahimhere

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Your dad sounds like a laugh.
Where did ye go after that?
Water works or the local dump?

That made me giggle cause it reminds me of some o the 'road trips' my dad used to take us on. Oh weren't holidays in the 80's fun.

Sunglasses Ron

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Just heard this on French radio but they had to put it in a completely vague scary way "In the last minute we are receiving reports of elevated levels of radiation at the Sellafield nuclear power plant" and then straight onto another story.

Sky News were flucking awful for this way back when. I remember a few days after 9/11, as the world sat on its collective what next eggshells, some breaking story intro'd with "now, we are just getting a report from JFK airport, this report has just come in, that a plane, a French airliner.....has landed at JFK, making it the first international arrival since the nationwide airspace suspension was lifted"

F'uck sake like!

Santa Cruz

Banjo String wrote: »

Just breaking now.
http://m.rte.ie/news/touch//2014/0131/501354-sellafield/


Let's hope it's a false alarm, and doesn't effect us on the east coast.

Tesco in Dundalk have sold all their kitchen tin foil. When the Drogheda crowd get out of bed there will be a run on it there too

the_syco

Usually we only hear of Sellafields fcukups a few years after they happen, so this is a new one.

Alun

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

We had an ancient map showing where it was but it's nowhere on any map published in the last 30 years. Anyway we couldn't find it. He was convinced we were within about half a mile of it but, strangely enough it's not signposted.

ORLY?

https://www.google.ie/maps/preview/@54.439723,-3.482341,3a,23.6y,254.67h,88.15t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sQC2UeWKWtOX8M-NH4O1VEQ!2e0

https://www.google.ie/maps/preview/@54.4170052,-3.4981352,4834m/data=!3m1!1e3

humanji

WikiHow wrote: »

Im grand, im on the west coast.

Just remember that when we on the East coast become mutated zombies, we'll be coming for the West coast!

Eight Ball

All AH jokes aside I hope that it's under control for all our sakes.

snowbabe

whiskeyman wrote: »

Got my iodine tablets here somewhere...

They're no good to you as they're out of date!!!

mathie

humanji wrote: »

Just remember that when we on the East coast become mutated zombies, we'll be coming for the West coast!

So horribly mutated zombies speaking incomrehensible garbage vs the Ea ... ah forget it.

Duggy747

Finally, I have an excuse to tell people why I have 7 ears growing out of my hands.

mathie

Duggy747 wrote: »

Finally, I have an excuse to tell people why I have 7 ears growing out of my hands.

Chronic Mast-ear-bation?

BrensBenz

Ah lads, stop worrying. Fionn Mac Cumhaill (or was it Manannán?) went to the trouble of putting the Isle of Man between us and Sellafield. Great idea! No planning permission nonsense in dem days.

Then the tide flushes any radioactivity down to Liverpool, then Anglesey and on to France. Seen any luminescent Scousers lately?

Hmmm! But the Bee Gees spent some years on the Isle of Man and their smiles were super bright.

Don't panic! Don't panic!

RikkFlair

snubbleste wrote: »

Where's the SkyNews chopper?

A footballer may be moving from Ipswich to Hull City today, the chopper is covering his whereabouts, and it's LIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE.

Sunglasses Ron

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

On one of our memorable family trips years ago my Dad decided we were going to visit Sellafield......, strangely enough it's not signposted.

I'm not surprised! I would think a group of darker skinned lads driving around trying to find Sellafield claiming they were sightseeing might arouse more suspicion :pac:

Scratch that, before the mid nineties an Irish family claiming the same thing might get the guns drawn on them.

knarkypants

Yes I could see this being our new anthem.

force eleven

Kent: On the line with us now is plant owner C. Montgomery Burns. Mr. Burns?

Burns: Oh, hello, Kent. [as loud rhythmic buzzing continues in the background] Right now, skilled nuclear energy technicians are calmly correcting a minor, piffling malfunction. [rapid-fire shots of havoc in the plant] But I can assure you and the public that there is absolutely no danger whatsoever. [air raid siren wails] Things couldn't be more ship-shape.

[cut to Burns' office, where he is busy donning a radiation suit]

Smithers: Sir, where is <my> radiation suit?

Burns: How the hell should I know? [covers the name `Smithers' on the suit he is wearing]

Kent: Uh, Mr. Burns, people are calling this a meltdown.

Burns: [laughs] Oh, meltdown. It's one of those annoying buzzwords. We prefer to call it an unrequested fission surplus.