Nearly 6000 households in Southampton will be denied tablets which would protect families from radiation in the event of an accident on board a nuclear submarine visiting Southampton docks under new emergency arrangements.
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Calls for greater transparency at AWE following contamination incident
Local Green campaigners are calling for increased transparency following AWE plc's failure to disclose to the public details of a radioactive contamination event that happened at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston in June 2009.
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NIS supports independent Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
NIS is supporting government proposals to reorganise the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate into and independent new regulator for the nuclear sector.
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Faslane Safety Failures
Devastating admissions about one of Britain’s most significant nuclear sites are disclosed in MoD documents released under the Freedom of Information Act. The sprawling and heavily-defended base for the UK’s nuclear deterrent at Faslane, is a facility which dominates the coastline on a quiet sea loch north-west of Glasgow.
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Nuclear Submarine Accidents – 14 since 1988 (and 237 fires)
In addition to equipment failures, the government has listed 14 collisions involving British nuclear submarines since 1988 and 237 fires on board the fleet of vessels.
BBC News, 3rd April 2009
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Hansard on International Regulations affecting safety at AWE Burghfield
25 Mar 2009 : Column 432W
AWE Burghfield: Nuclear Weapons
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2009, Official Report, column 1668W, on AWE Burghfield: nuclear weapons, what internationally recognised standards and codes of practice are applicable. [265568]
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Hansard on AWE Burghfield Safety, 26th Jan 2009
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what evidence his Department holds on the safety of airborne particulate debris arising from the functioning of the Main Process Facility at AWE Burghfield. [249007]
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Hansard on Nuclear Submarines in Southampton, 12th Jan 2009
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 754W, on nuclear submarines, on what date the number of operative submarine berths at Southampton was increased from one to two; and when such berths were redesignated from Z to operational submarine berths. [244580]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The number of berths, as determined by the Port Authority at Southampton, has always been two; but they are only cleared to support one submarine at any one time.
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Nuclear Submarine Not Welcome in Southampton Docks
Nuclear powered submarine, HMS Trafalgar arrived into Southampton Docks on Friday morning, before the Sotonsafe Nuclear Safety Plan is due to be tested on 14th January 2009. All emergency services and the City Council are on standby in case there is a problem with this 27 year-old submarine.
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Nuclear submarine to use Southampton Docks again
A nuclear powered submarine, HMS Trafalgar is due into Southampton Docks on Friday morning, before the Sotonsafe Nuclear Safety Plan is due to be tested on 14th January 2009. All emergency services and the City Council are on standby in case there is a problem with this 27 year-old submarine. The 5-day Public Relations Exercise and recruitment drive will be undermined by Trafalgar's recent nuclear accident at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth and the difficulty in protecting people in the Southampton area and beyond in the event of a nuclear accident.
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Nuclear Submarine Accident Exercise near Southampton
Monitoring of Royal Navy and Southampton City Council Potassium Iodate Tablets (PITS) distribution exercise in Hythe, 18th November 2008 -
Hansard on AWE Aldermaston, Nov 17th 2008
17 Nov 2008 : Column 141W, AWE Aldermaston
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role the management consortium of the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston, AWEML, has played in responding to the improvement notice served by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate of the Health and Safety Executive on 3 April 2008. [235575]