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Published:
September 7, 2007
Campaigners
call for extra safety at Hinkley
Point
nuclear waste site
Nuclear
campaigners have this week called for extra safety measures to
be introduced at a proposed nuclear waste site at Hinkley Point,
near Burnham-On-Sea.
The Stop Hinkley group claimed in a statement issued on Thursday
(September 6th) that West Somerset Council has this week "discussed
a proposal to apply for Government sweeteners as compensation
for the acknowledged risk of building a low level waste disposal
facility at the site. Any proposed funds for community projects
would be divided with Sedgemoor District Council."
The campaign group is concerned that the facility will be a "radioactive
dump" instead of a safe repository where strong containers
of radioactive waste could be monitored for years to come.
Jim Duffy, spokesman for Stop Hinkley, said on Thursday (September
6th): "We don't want to see radioactive waste simply shovelled
into a concrete box and then forgotten about. The waste should
be properly packaged with provision for monitoring over the long
life of the radiation. A concrete repository built on pillars
would allow examination for leaks and might mitigate the risk
of flooding."
He added: "These local radioactive dumps will be the model
for Hinkley B when it shuts down, then Hinkley C if it gets built,
including its much more dangerous spent fuel. Any compensation
for this would be spread very thinly throughout the local community,
although it is an acknowledement that there is a health risk from
low level radiation. But it would be much better to stop producing
nuclear waste in the first place."
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