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Safety decision-making in business
Just prepare a "stakeholder communications plan" and give the problem a new name! Problem solved, money saved.
Ageing nuclear cargo ship brought back into service after new ship is scrapped
25-year-old Pacific Pintail continues to transport radioactive material for state-owned company after £44m new ship plan cut
An ageing nuclear cargo ship has been rescued from the scrapyard to save money transporting plutonium and other radioactive materials around the world, prompting accusations that maritime safety is being jeopardised.
The 25-year-old vessel, Pacific Pintail, has been brought back into service to make dozens of international shipments between nuclear plants over the next three years. Last month it moved three kilograms of plutonium under armed guard from Sweden to the US.
The Pintail was laid up at Barrow in Cumbria two years ago for decommissioning, but has been resurrected after a £44m plan to build a new nuclear cargo ship was abandoned as too expensive. An internal report seen by the Guardian admits that the continued use of the old ship "will present some PR difficulties".
But the problems could be managed, the report said, by preparing a "stakeholder communications plan" and by giving the boat a new name. It has subsequently been renamed the Oceanic Pintail.
25-year-old Pacific Pintail continues to transport radioactive material for state-owned company after £44m new ship plan cut
An ageing nuclear cargo ship has been rescued from the scrapyard to save money transporting plutonium and other radioactive materials around the world, prompting accusations that maritime safety is being jeopardised.
The 25-year-old vessel, Pacific Pintail, has been brought back into service to make dozens of international shipments between nuclear plants over the next three years. Last month it moved three kilograms of plutonium under armed guard from Sweden to the US.
The Pintail was laid up at Barrow in Cumbria two years ago for decommissioning, but has been resurrected after a £44m plan to build a new nuclear cargo ship was abandoned as too expensive. An internal report seen by the Guardian admits that the continued use of the old ship "will present some PR difficulties".
But the problems could be managed, the report said, by preparing a "stakeholder communications plan" and by giving the boat a new name. It has subsequently been renamed the Oceanic Pintail.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/19/ageing-nuclear-ship-plans-scrapped
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