British Environment Agency decision has been dubbed 'spineless' by Greenpeace.

national | miscellaneous | news report Thursday October 10, 2002 15:47 by pat c

Plan to recover nuclear gas rejected 09 October 02 from New Scientist The UK's Environment Agency plans to allow emissions of a radioactive gas from the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria to rise threefold. In recommendations to health and environment ministers, the EA has rejected an option from its own consultants to introduce technology to freeze and store the gas in question, krypton-85, and in doing so make money by extracting valuable xenon gas. The EA's decision has been dubbed "spineless" by Greenpeace. (You know, we would be safer if Monty Burns owned the Brit Nuclear Industry & had Krusty the Clown & Homer running the show. Read more at New Scientist)