{"id":12399,"date":"2011-03-30T10:07:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T09:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/?p=12399"},"modified":"2011-03-30T10:07:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T09:07:34","slug":"soil-at-hinkley-point-power-station-has-not-been-contaminated-with-uranium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/soil-at-hinkley-point-power-station-has-not-been-contaminated-with-uranium\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil at Hinkley Point Power Station has not been contaminated with uranium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soil at Hinkley Point Power Station has not been contaminated with uranium, the Environment Agency says today.<\/p>\n<p>Claims by Green Audit that soil at the power station site had been contaminated with ten tonnes of enriched uranium has been investigated by the Environment Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Enriched uranium is a component of uranium used in nuclear reactors such as Hinkley Point B.<\/p>\n<p>Their findings revealed today conclude that the allegations are unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>Soil samples were taken from eleven locations on the proposed site for Hinkley Point C near Bridgewater and at three farms in the vicinity.<\/p>\n<p>They were analysed using mass spectrometry, a method of accurately measuring isotopes present in soil.<\/p>\n<p>David Bennett for the Environment Agency says: \u201c The results of our sampling show that no enriched uranium is present. 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