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MoD under fire over nuclear clean-up in Scotland
The Ministry of Defence has been accused of trying to avoid responsibility for cleaning up a military nuclear site on
Trident project rated “unachievable” third year running
A £4bn project to help replace nuclear-armed Trident submarines on the Clyde has been branded as “unachievable” for the third
Westminster keeps nuclear secrets to avoid upsetting Scottish Government
The UK Government is refusing to say why it is keeping nuclear safety reports secret because it is worried about
Threat to nuclear safety from prolonged Trident patrols
New evidence that Trident submarines have been at sea for a record-breaking five months in 2022 has prompted a former
Trident nuclear projects branded as unachievable
Two projects vital for renewing the Trident nuclear weapons system on the Clyde have been damned as “unachievable” by a
Royal Navy silent on nuclear submarine crashes
The Royal Navy has refused to say whether anyone was disciplined following an incident in which a nuclear submarine nearly
Alarm over plan to break up nuclear submarines at Hunterston
The company that runs the port at Hunterston in North Ayrshire wants to use it to break up the radioactive
Trident damned as ‘deadly farce’ after costs rise £1bn
The cost of UK programmes to replace Trident and nuclear submarines on the Clyde increased by over £1 billion in
Faslane to dump up to 50 times more radioactive waste in the Clyde
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been attacked for planning to increase discharges of radioactive waste into the Firth of
Trident commanders ‘not legally responsible’ for nuclear attack
Trident submarine commanders unleashing a nuclear attack cannot be held responsible under law for their actions, according to the Ministry
Private US arms firms bid for Navy training contract at Faslane nuclear base
The training of Royal Navy recruits at Faslane nuclear base could be delivered by American multinationals who are bidding for
Anger at MoD plan to rethink nuclear submarine waste disposal
Plans by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to rethink the disposal of radioactive waste from 27 defunct nuclear submarines have