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In the United Kingdom, water contaminated with radioactivity has escaped into the sea from a military facility located on Loch Long, where nuclear warheads for four Royal Navy submarines are held, as reported by The Guardian, referencing findings from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
The documents indicate that “maintenance shortcomings” led to the discharge of “excess radioactive waste” in the form of low concentrations of tritium, which is utilized in nuclear warheads.
The regulatory body suspects that the radioactive substance leaked into Loch Long, a lake adjacent to Glasgow in western Scotland, and subsequently into the sea, due to the Royal Navy’s inadequate upkeep of a network of 1,500 water pipes at the facility.
In recent years, the base has faced multiple pipe malfunctions, which were accompanied by the leaking of contaminated water.
A representative from the UK Ministry of Defence informed the publication that the ministry places “the highest priority on its duties concerning the safe and secure management of radioactive materials” and confirmed that “at no point have there been any dangerous discharges of radioactive materials into the environment.”
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Illustrative photo: Wikipedia
In the United Kingdom, water contaminated with radioactivity has escaped into the sea from a military facility located on Loch Long, where nuclear warheads for four Royal Navy submarines are held, as reported by The Guardian, referencing findings from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
The documents indicate that “maintenance shortcomings” led to the discharge of “excess radioactive waste” in the form of low concentrations of tritium, which is utilized in nuclear warheads.
The regulatory body suspects that the radioactive substance leaked into Loch Long, a lake adjacent to Glasgow in western Scotland, and subsequently into the sea, due to the Royal Navy’s inadequate upkeep of a network of 1,500 water pipes at the facility.
In recent years, the base has faced multiple pipe malfunctions, which were accompanied by the leaking of contaminated water.
A representative from the UK Ministry of Defence informed the publication that the ministry places “the highest priority on its duties concerning the safe and secure management of radioactive materials” and confirmed that “at no point have there been any dangerous discharges of radioactive materials into the environment.”
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