Radioactive Leak As Fire Strikes Scottish Nuclear Plant!

http://bit.ly/1zfNXza A fire at a Scottish nuclear power plant has caused the release of radioactive particles “via an unauthorized route.” Site officials insist the leak poses no threat to the public. The fire at Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) began at 01:30 GMT on October 7. Fire services at the plant were able to extinguish the blaze within 30 minutes. Subsequent monitoring of the fire, reportedly caused by “procedural non-compliances and behavioral practices” by staff, showed that low levels of radioactive particles has been released into the atmosphere as a result of the incident. A DSRL statement said the trace amounts of leaked tritium did not pose a health risk to local members of the public. The blaze started in the Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR), which houses four tanks that contain residual sodium from the reactors operations. Up until the accident, over 1,500 tons of waste sodium had been destroyed safely. The DSRL is currently in the process of being decommissioned, and ceased to function as a producer of energy in 1994. http://bit.ly/1xAW5Lw