{"id":1613,"date":"2005-09-15T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/09\/15\/a-different-kind-of-radioactive-waste\/"},"modified":"2005-09-15T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-15T15:41:00","slug":"a-different-kind-of-radioactive-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/a-different-kind-of-radioactive-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"A Different Kind of Radioactive Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"
From Britain’s News & Star<\/em>, an article<\/a> on a different form of radioactive waste, and the storage issues associated with it:<\/p>\n HUNDREDS of radioactive gulls are being stored in an industrial freezer at Cumbria\u2019s Sellafield nuclear plant, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n The birds are being stored at the site after BNFL managers employed sharpshooters to kill any seagulls or pigeons which landed at the power plant, according to The Independent<\/em> on Sunday.<\/p>\n The practice was introduced more than a decade ago over fears that any birds which landed at Sellafield would then fly on, potentially carry hazardous radiation.<\/p>\n Traces of radiation has been found in some of the dead birds.<\/p>\n Those that are killed are designated low-level nuclear waste and are placed in a large industrial freezer on the site.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So, I’m interested — can radiation be spread by wildlife? If so, doesn’t this create another strike against a revival of nuclear power? I’m being deliberately provocative here — I’d love to hear what our friends from NEI<\/a> have to say…<\/p>\n Gristmill linked<\/a> to the original Independent story<\/a>, which is available to subscribers or for purchase.<\/p>\n Categories: nuclear<\/a>, radiation<\/a>, waste<\/a>, pigeons<\/a>, storage<\/a>, contamination<\/a>, Britain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Britain’s News & Star, an article on a different form of radioactive waste, and the storage issues associated with it: HUNDREDS of radioactive gulls are being stored in an [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n