THE UK’s nuclear bomb factory has been struggling to remedy as many as 1000 safety defects uncovered by the government’s official watchdog. It is only allowed to stay open because the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says the work it does is vital for national defence.
The remarkable and, until now, secret story of the serious problems faced by the nuclear weapons complex at Burghfield, Berkshire, is revealed in 12 internal reports released by the UK’s Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to New Scientist under freedom of information laws. For the past five years the NII has been trying to force Burghfield’s…
