with regards to this video, it is awful. i respect mark thomas at times, but here he is mostly mixing pseudo-science with scare tactics (e.g., that radiation would evaporate people). why should the council have a detailed emergency plan? they are not qualified to deal with a nuclear spill, surely it is the responsibility of BNFL to deal with this? ya know, the ones with the scientists. and alleging that a nuclear fuel rod would be safe to hold? this is total bullshit. it was probably more likely to be vitrified low level waste, or just an example of what one looks like:
i presume he is also a qualified engineer, commenting on the integrity of some train track?
with regards to this video, it is awful. i respect mark thomas at times, but here he is mostly mixing pseudo-science with scare tactics (e.g., that radiation would evaporate people). why should the council have a detailed emergency plan? they are not qualified to deal with a nuclear spill, surely it is the responsibility of BNFL to deal with this? ya know, the ones with the scientists. and alleging that a nuclear fuel rod would be safe to hold? this is total bullshit. it was probably more likely to be vitrified low level waste, or just an example of what one looks like:
i presume he is also a qualified engineer, commenting on the integrity of some train track?