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To: Michael Gove MP
Stop the dumping of Hinkley Point 'radioactive’ mud
Stop plans to dump hundreds of thousands of tonnes of ‘radioactive’ mud from Hinkley Point into the Bristol Channel. As a surfer I spend alot of time in the waters and I am horrified by the potential risk to both human and the environment by such dredging and dumping. Please support me in stopping these plans ASAP.
Why is this important?
The company building Hinkley C in North Somerset, EDF Energy, has obtained a marine licence to dump 200,000 cubic meters of dredged-up mud and sediment in the channel Cardiff Bay. Experts fear the mud may be more radioactive than is currently understood. Critical concerns are:
1) There are 50 different radionuclides and testing has only taken place on 3 of these.
2) Only surface samples have been taken between 0 and 5cm, research from other sites has shown that if samples are taken from five times deeper, there can be a five times higher collection of radioactivity.
3) The large tidal range in the Brisol Channel means that waste could be transferred from the sea into land, either through coastal flooding or even sea spray heading up to 10 miles inland.
