Sellafield nuclear waste records ‘flawed’ finds Britain’s nuclear watchdog

Britain’s nuclear watchdog has discovered serious flaws in record keeping on radio-active waste at Sellafield.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) found that while there were proper records of nuclear waste accumulated at the Decommissioning Operating Unit there, records of waste disposed of from the unit were deficient.

Sellafield, the closest nuclear facility to Ireland, has long been a cause of concern to environmentalists here.