Sellafield Leaking?

History Queen

I just came across this article online re ongoing issues at Sellafield and the accusation that our government are well aware of the issues. Seems serious on a first reading, so I was surprised it doesn't seem to be being widely discussed. That being said once I looked a bit more The Guardian seems very focused on Sellafield at the moment with articles related to toxic work culture at Sellafield and accusations of a hack taking place. Ulterior motive perhaps?

Original article I read;

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/05/sellafield-nuclear-site-leak-could-pose-risk-to-public

it seems to be being played down here...

https://www.thejournal.ie/sellafield-nuclear-power-plant-cumbria-leak-irish-government-play-down-6242084-Dec2023/

Boggles

I remember the warnings about that place 30+ years ago.

We are certainly due another nuclear disaster.

If the Postman/woman arrives with a box of iodine tablets we may need to panic.

Tow

Sellafield/Windscale is always leaking, the question is how much. There have been many 'issues' from fires, air filters, water discharges, falsified records and radioactive pigeons etc.

CrazyEric

Sellafield has and always will be a problem. A 2003 article.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sellafield-radiation-300-times-more-harmful-than-admitted/26228693.html

From raised cancer rates to possible raised levels of Downs Syndrome births, there are worrying implications from leakage and supposed acceptable levels of Radiation. The British Government has continuously swept this under the carpet.

Agent Coulson

It has also been hacked the Russia & China

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/04/sellafield-nuclear-site-hacked-groups-russia-china

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121465216#Comment_121465216

Well yeah. For decades they were pumping the stuff out into the Irish Sea on purpose so a bit of a leak here and there, on their doorstep not ours, is a big meh from me

Nearly all articles of this type are scaremongering and display a complete ignorance of science. A Chernobyl-type accident at Sellafied is impossible, it has had no working reactors for 20 years. Worst possible case scenario is some local contamination but they had that before!

Needs to be emphasised that nuclear energy was always a sideshow at best at Windscale/Sellafied, it is a cold war nuclear weapons plant really and little or no thought was given then about how to deal wth waste or even store it safely. Designing reactors that used magnesium-clad fuel was a work of anti-genius, magnesium reacts with both water and air and can produce explosive hydrogen, and burns fiercely if ignited, it's bad enough of a chemical/fire hazard on its own without sticking nuclear fuel inside it.