From P. BURNETT
I have recently encountered the article on Sellafield by Sara Downs
(‘Hiroshima’s shadow over Sellafield’, 13 November). As I read the piece,
I was increasingly puzzled by the accompanying picture on page 25. I found
myself trying to work out from where the shot was taken. I was baffled until
it dawned on me that the lane was one I have travelled regularly, the white
house probably Calder Farm, and the picture was printed in reverse. (It
must be fairly old since it does not show the gas-fired CHP plant).
I found it an interesting example of how a familiar scene can become
quite alien when viewed through a mirror; is there a moral here for our
industry? The response from my colleagues is one heard regularly here about
media coverage of Sellafield: ‘Will they ever get it right?’
P. Burnett Beckermet, Cumbria
