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Greens raise nuclear alarm for Scotland |
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
The Scottish Greens have called for an investigation to be launched into whether body parts from ex-workers at Scottish nuclear sites were taken after their deaths without the permission of families.
The move comes after Trade Secretary Alistair Darling announced an
inquiry into the removal of body tissue from former workers at the
Sellafield plant in England.
Green speaker on nuclear issues Chris Ballance said:
“That this could have happened only confirms the two things we have
long known about the nuclear industry; it is both secretive and
inherently dangerous. Why else would they be wanting to check tissue
samples from their workforce after their death? I have spent three
years trying to get health statistics for childhood leukaemia in the
areas affected by Sellafield and Chapelcross, and the authorities are
fighting me and the Freedom of Information Commissioner all the way up
to the House of Lords. The nuclear industry still shrouds itself in
secrecy.
“The inquiry announced by Alistair Darling does not go nearly far
enough. We need to know if this has been happening at other nuclear
sites including Chapelcross and Dounreay. Has the practice stopped and
if so when? What information was gleaned? Have workers died from
radiation exposure? Nothing less than a full public inquiry will
suffice, and if Alistair Darling will not order one, we will be calling
for a thorough investigation of whether this entirely unacceptable
practice was, or even still is, policy at nuclear sites across
Scotland.”
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