RE: cnn news - Sellafield Leak

["Ryder, R. (Roy)" <R.RYDER@dl.ac.uk>]

This story refers to pigeons found to be active after a cull on the
Sellafield site. This is a new twist on an old, old story. In the days
when Sellafield was called Windscale the first ponds for the storage of
spent fuel were built without roofs. Seagulls were often seen swimming
on the surface of the water. Their excreta was often found to be active
especially on site road surveys. Its bad enough for a gull to s*1t on
you from a great height, but when its radioactive as well...!

Roy Ryder

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> From: 	Dr. Peter Hill[SMTP:p.hill@fz-juelich.de]
> Reply To: 	Radsafe-eu@fz-juelich.de
> Sent: 	 16 February 1998 8:19 AM
> To: 	radsafe-eu@fz-juelich.de
> Subject: 	Re: cnn news - Sellafield Leak
> 
> >From Sandy's news distribution list :
> .....
> >Friday February 13 11:20 AM EST 
> >
> >Radioactive pigeons?
> >
> >LONDON (Reuters) - An unusual health scare has struck at one of
> >Britain's major nuclear power plants - the bizarre case of
> radioactive
> >pigeons. 
> >
> >Several investigations are underway after local pigeons were found to
> >be radioactive near the Sellafield nuclear facility in northwest
> >England, industry officials said. 
> >
> >The scare comes days after a satirical television program did a
> sketch
> >about the dangers of radioactive seagulls in the area. Plant
> operators
> >BNFL said the levels of radiation in local seagulls were not
> >dangerous. 
> >
> >BNFL, a two billion pound giant, is investigating how the pigeons
> >became radioactive, as is the Environment Agency and the Ministry of
> >Agriculture and Fisheries. 
> >
> >BNFL says initial checks found no detectable radiation above
> >background radiation at a site where flocks of pigeons congregate. 
> >
> >Sellafield's two regulators, The Health and Safety Executive and the
> >Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, are awaiting the findings before
> >deciding whether to take any action. 
> >
> ......
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> >Sandy Perle
> >Technical Director
> >ICN Dosimetry Division
> >(800) 548-5100 x2306
> >sandyfl@earthlink.net
> >sandyfl@ix,netcom.com
> >sperle@icnpharm.com
> >
> >
> 
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