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Nuclear waste at site of 2012 London Olympics

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Wednesday April 11, 2007 20:22

by shane ocurry

French news channel uncovers evidence of 1959 dumping

French State 24 hr news channel, France 24, today broke the news that the working class estate of Clay's Lane in eastern London, site of the proposed 2012 Olympic stadium, may be contaminated by radioactive waste dumped there in 1959.

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problem with that link

by shane ocurry

Wed Apr 11, 2007 20:25

try this instead:

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/archives/news...ivity

Re: Nuclear contamination in London

by Terence

Wed Apr 11, 2007 22:41

As far as I can remember about 5 to 10 years ago NewScientist magazine carried an article on radioactive contamination somewhere in around London. It was caused when a small experimental reactor in the 1950s was decommisioned and it was dumped by contractors who dumped parts of it in an ordinary landfill dump.

This may well be the same place.

Actually here's a report from the Ecologist that describes the prosecution of the UK Atomic Energy Authority for dumping nuclear waste in a landfill in Scotland. So this type of activity was not unusual a number of years ago.

http://www.theecologist.org/news_detail.asp?content_id=738