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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Willie Rennie raises nuclear submarine dump fears over Rosyth

Decommissioned nuclear submarines at the Rosyth DockyardThe leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has demanded the Ministry of Defence (MoD) give a guarantee not to turn Rosyth Dockyard into a “nuclear submarine dump”.

Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP Willie Rennie’s latest call comes amid renewed fears that an MoD plan to start dismantling seven defunct nuclear submarines at Rosyth will lead to hundreds of tonnes of radioactive waste being dumped in Scotland.

Mr Rennie is concerned the waste will be stored at the yard for decades after the submarines are dismantled because the UK Government has not established a new nuclear waste storage site.

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