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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Nuclear staff shortage sparks MoD safety alert

Vanguard class SSBNThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) is suffering a severe and worsening shortage of skilled nuclear engineers that could threaten the safety of nuclear weapons and submarines on the Clyde.

Official figures released by the MoD reveal that one in 10 nuclear safety posts - both civilian and military - are vacant. The MoD's own safety watchdog has warned that the staffing crisis poses "a significant threat to the safe delivery of the defence nuclear programme".

The revelations have been described as utterly shocking by the SNP's Westminster defence spokesman, Angus Robertson MP. "To find out there are so many vacancies in critical nuclear positions is totally unacceptable," he told the Sunday Herald.

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