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Nonsense. "Nuclear submarine leaked radioactive waste into British waters, secret report reveals By Matthew Hickley Last updated at 12:24 AM on 28th April 200

by Adam503 17y ago

Nonsense. "Nuclear submarine leaked radioactive waste into British waters, secret report reveals By Matthew Hickley Last updated at 12:24 AM on 28th April 2009 The Royal Navy's main nuclear submarine base has repeatedly leaked radioactive waste into the sea, previously secret documents show. Radioactive coolant and contaminated water were accidentally dumped into the sea at Faslane, near Glasgow, at least three times in recent years. And an internal Navy report described a 'recurrent theme' of failures to follow safety rules. The nuclear watchdog said problems were so serious it would have considered shutting the base down had it been a civilian operation - but it has no such legal powers over military sites...." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1173881/Nuclear-submarine-leaked-radioactive-waste-British-waters-secret-report-reveals.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1173881/Nuclear-subm... It's NOT safe. There are accidents on a regular basis. They just make any/all the information about these accidents classified state secrets.

jedc 17y ago
Unfortunately you're incorrect. Accidents are very strictly defined, and none have happened in the history of the US Navy. There are incidents where reactor water is released into the sea. These are rare, and the radioactivity released is almost minimal. Please recognize that there are different types of radioactivity depending on the elements involved. The highly radioactive particles remain part of the fuel itself. The average volume of water in a reactor contains particles that have quite a short half-life and are typically not widely dangerous. Finally, I was speaking of the US Navy which does operate differently than the UK Navy.
- Adam503 17y ago
  That's incorrect. "Accidents are very strictly defined, and none have happened in the history of the US Navy..." ...according to what isn't classified as a state secret. We have no idea whether or not the US Gov't has classified 0, 1, or many nuclear accidents the US Navy is responsible for. My clip about the Hanford reactor above stated there were 8 occasions at Hanford in which releases of radiation were classified and made a state secret. You cannot prove the safety record of the US Navy running nuclear reactors is clean, especially considering the limited info available about the losses of the USS Thresher and the USS Scorpian. I can document repeated incidences by US military and it's close allies in which nuclear accidents happened and then those accidents were classified as state secrets.

by Adam503 17y ago

jedc 17y ago

Unfortunately you're incorrect. Accidents are very strictly defined, and none have happened in the history of the US Navy. There are incidents where reactor water is released into the sea. These are rare, and the radioactivity released is almost minimal. Please recognize that there are different types of radioactivity depending on the elements involved. The highly radioactive particles remain part of the fuel itself. The average volume of water in a reactor contains particles that have quite a short half-life and are typically not widely dangerous. Finally, I was speaking of the US Navy which does operate differently than the UK Navy.

Adam503 17y ago
That's incorrect. "Accidents are very strictly defined, and none have happened in the history of the US Navy..." ...according to what isn't classified as a state secret. We have no idea whether or not the US Gov't has classified 0, 1, or many nuclear accidents the US Navy is responsible for. My clip about the Hanford reactor above stated there were 8 occasions at Hanford in which releases of radiation were classified and made a state secret. You cannot prove the safety record of the US Navy running nuclear reactors is clean, especially considering the limited info available about the losses of the USS Thresher and the USS Scorpian. I can document repeated incidences by US military and it's close allies in which nuclear accidents happened and then those accidents were classified as state secrets.