Radioactivity in Wales from Hinkley

Posted: 13th December 2021

Research finds ‘significant concentrations’ of radioactivity in samples taken from across the Somerset and south Wales coast. Nation Cymru 9th Dec 2021  https://nation.cymru/news/research-finds-significant-concentrations-of-radioactivity-in-samples-taken-from-across-the-somerset-and-south-wales-coast/ Radionuclides found…! Bristol Channel Citizens Radiation Survey, TimDeere-Jones, Stop Hinkley C. A new survey has concluded the spread of man-made radioactivity from reactor discharges into the Bristol Channel is far more extensive and widespread than previously reported.The research has also detected a high concentration of radioactivity in Splott Bay, which could be linked to the controversial dumping of dredged waste off theCardiff coast in 2018. The survey was undertaken over the summer by groups from both sides of the Bristol Channel after EDF Energy refused to carry out pre-dumping surveys of the Cardiff Grounds and Portishead sea dumpsites where they have disposed of waste from the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. The survey found that shoreline concentrations of two radio nuclides (Caesium 137 and Americium 241) typical of the effluents from the Hinkley reactors and indicators of the presence of Plutonium 239/240 and 241, do not decline significantly with distance from the Hinkley site as Government and Industry surveys had previously reported. Overall, the study found significant concentrations of Hinkley derived radioactivity in samples from all 11 sites, seven along the Somerset coast and four in south Wales and found unexpectedly high concentrations in sediments from Bristol Docks, the tidal River Avon, the Portishead shoreline, Burnham-on-Sea and Woodspring Bay. Public Enquiry 11th Dec 2021  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1nJR14yHB0