Planned air transports of high-enriched uranium from Dounreay in Scotland to the US state of Tennessee would risk of accident or a terrorist seizure of weapon-usable nuclear material, writes Ernie Galsworthy. The motive for the transport appears to be purely commercial - and would thus put the public at needless risk for the sake of a cut-price nuclear waste / fuel deal between US and UK authorities.
UK-US air transports of high enriched uranium: global security at risk for commercial gain Ernie Galsworthy NFLA | 3rd May 2016 News Nuclear Energy WMD Security Transport UK USA dounreay.jpg Planned …
As worldwide stocks of plutonium increase, lightly-armed British ships are about to carry an initial 330kg of the nuclear bomb metal for 'safekeeping' in the US, writes Paul Brown. But it's only the tip of a global 'plutonium mountain' of hundreds of tonnes nuclear power's most hazardous waste product.
Too much of a bad thing? World awash with waste plutonium Paul Brown | 24th January 2016 News Nuclear WMD US UK Japan Korea Transport Oceans pacific-egret-cut.jpg As worldwide stocks of plutonium …