Nuclear bomb sites across the UK have fire safety problems

Posted: 7th December 2020

NUCLEAR bomb sites across the UK have fire safety problems as well as
shortages of safety regulators and engineers, according to a new report
from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). But most of the MoD’s latest internal
assessment of the safety of nuclear weapons has been kept secret for
“national security” reasons – prompting fury from politicians and
campaigners. They have attacked the nuclear secrecy as “deeply
alarming” and “completely unacceptable”. The official attitude to
nuclear safety was a “disgrace”, they said. Previous nuclear safety
assessments, revealed by The Ferret, have highlighted “regulatory
risks” 86 times. Many involved the Trident warheads and nuclear
submarines based on the Clyde. The new MoD report also disclosed
“significant weaknesses” on safety at non-nuclear sites. These included
“serious deficiencies” on fire safety and “significant risk” from
old fuel facilities – particularly on the Falkland Islands in the South
Atlantic.

The National 6th Dec 2020

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18923905.revealed-nuclear-bomb-sites-hit-fire-safety-problems-staff-shortages/

The Ferret 6th Dec 2020

https://theferret.scot/nuclear-fire-safety-staff-problems-mod/