Secret UK Uranium Components Plant Closed Over Safety Fears 101
Lasrick writes "The Guardian has an exclusive story regarding a secret uranium-enriching plant in the UK that was closed due to safety fears. From the article: 'A top-secret plant at Aldermaston that makes enriched uranium components for Britain's nuclear warheads and fuel for the Royal Navy's submarines has been shut down because corrosion has been discovered in its 'structural steelwork', the Guardian can reveal.
The closure has been endorsed by safety regulators who feared the building did not conform to the appropriate standards. The nuclear safety watchdog demands that such critical buildings are capable of withstanding 'extreme weather and seismic events,' and the plant at Aldermaston failed this test.
It has set a deadline of the end of the year for the problems to be fixed.'"
Re:"Secret" as in "well signposted"? (Score:5, Funny)
Somebody in the Guardian comments pointed out that it's even listed in the (slightly comical) Wiki entry for the area:
Re:"Secret" as in "well signposted"? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:"Secret" as in "well signposted"? (Score:1, Funny)
A well signposted nuclear facility in the UK? It wouldn't be the first time: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00679/nuclear_679838n.jpg
Re:"Secret" as in "well signposted"? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:"Secret" as in "well signposted"? (Score:5, Funny)
Government: "MI6 does not exist"
Everyone else: "Yes it does, it's in that big building with MI6 written on it"
Government: "No, MI6 does not exist".
Everyone else: "But you just responded to this question using the e-mail address: queries@MI6.gov.uk"
Government: "ok, so MI6 does exist"
Everyone else: "We already know"
Re:"Secret" as in "well signposted"? (Score:4, Funny)
Everybody else: plus, you left a laptop labelled "Property of MI6. Do not loose!" on the 7:15 to Waterloo. Again.