No radioactive threat posed to public after fire, says institute

THE company at the centre of a radioactive scare in the Millfield Industrial complex moved last year.

The Radiological Protection Institute, which licenses companies using radioactive material, said there was no radioactive threat to the public in the Blackpool area. “The company were involved in industrial radiography, which is used to take images of wells and pipes. But they moved out in February 2002,” a spokesman said.

The name of the company has not been released.