MoD under fire over coastline radiation

The Ministry of Defence’s response plan to radioactive particles found on Scottish coastline “lacks sufficient detail”, it has been claimed.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) received the draft plan for Dalgety Bay on 31 January, which was reviewed by its radioactive substances and contaminated land experts. In a statement, Sepa said the MoD should provide more information on a number of areas, including a timescale for implementing each stage of the plan, more detail relating to the proposed investigation work and an investigation of remediation options.

Sepa said if an acceptable plan was not provided, Dalgety Bay would become the UK’s first designated area of Radioactive Contaminated Land.

The statement said: “We have requested that the MOD shares with us any evidence they hold regarding the origin, nature and movements of the contamination.”