Sellafield leak

Title

Sellafield leak

Genre

Interview

TX Date

16 Sep 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:01:29

Description

Telephone interview with Bill Anderton, British Nuclear Fuels (BNF), about a plutonium leak at the Sellafield re-processing plant in Cumbria. It’s claimed BNF initially indicated the plant would only be shut down for a few days when in fact it won’t be operating for a month but Anderton says safety systems contained the spillage, there was no external leak, and they’ve nothing to hide. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Bill Anderton

Keywords

Accidents; Nuclear safety; Nuclear reactors; Plutonium; Sellafield; Cumbria; BNF

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