A base let irradiated water flow into a Scottish loch several times due to poor upkeep, a watchdog has revealed
Radioactive water from the UK’s Coulport weapons depot leaked into Loch Long in western Scotland on several occasions after aging pipes burst, according to files from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) published by The Ferret, an investigative journalism platform.
The Royal Naval Armaments Depot stores the nuclear warheads for the British Royal Navy’s Trident-class submarines. SEPA said up to half of its 1,500 water pipes were past their design life when the leaks happened. It blamed “shortfalls in maintenance” for…
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