Dounreay (nuclear power plant) ‘will pollute for decades’ (UK)

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http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1042207.0.dounreay_will_pollute_for_decades.php

RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES from the Dounreay nuclear plant will pollute beaches for decades to come and the environment will never be completely cleaned up.

These are the conclusions of the latest expert study of the hundreds of thousands of fragments of nuclear fuel known to have leaked into the sea from the Caithness plant since the 1950s.

The revelations have sparked anger from environmentalists, who say nuclear power has left Scotland with a "terrible legacy". Dounreay's operator, the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), admitted that the behaviour that led to the leaks was "just not acceptable".

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