The Ecologist published some photos of the highly dilapidated state of cooling ponds B29 and B30. Some of the national daily papers picked up on these continuing problem with the state of the legacy waste being held at the Sellafield site. Nuclear safety expert John Large called it a ‘significant risk’ and expert in radiological risk Gordon Thompson (USA) told the Guardian: “The site’s overall radiological risk has never been properly assessed by the responsible authorities. [The] photos, showing disgracefully degraded open-air ponds at Sellafield, indicate that a thorough assessment of risk is overdue.”
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