Nuclear regulators confirm legal action

Sellafield Limited is to be prosecuted over a waste disposal incident, the

Environment Agency and Office for Nuclear Regulation confirmed today.

The regulators' joint action follows an extensive investigation which has

led to allegations that the company sent and disposed of four bags of

low-level radioactive waste from its site in West Cumbria, to Lillyhall

landfill site, in nearby Workington, Cumbria, in 2010.

The company faces nine charges, to be heard before Workington Magistrates

Court on 12 December 2012. Eight charges have been brought by the

Environment Agency and one charge brought by the Office for Nuclear

Regulation.

The Environment Agency charges are brought under the Radioactive Substances

Act and Environmental Permitting Regulations, while the Office  for Nuclear

Regulation charge is brought under the Health and Safety at  Work Act 1974

and the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable  Pressure

Equipment Regulations 2009.

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