Endesa nuclear leak plant gets new head

[struggle4progress]

MADRID, April 16 (Reuters) - A new director was named on Wednesday to run the Asco I nuclear power plant in northeast Spain where a leak of radioactive material has led to the examination of 800 people for contamination ...

The plant's head of radiological protection .. has also been removed ...

The <Nuclear Safety Council> CSN is also considering sanctions against the plant's operators for not providing it with enough information about the leak, which it considered to be more serious than originally classified.

The watchdog was not advised until April 4 of the leak, which occurred during refuelling at the 1,000 megawatt plant and it has since been found to have been much larger than originaly admitted.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL169646920080416


Spain's nuclear council checks 800 people after finding bigger-than-reported radioactive leak

... The company that controls Asco I had confirmed the leak after being alerted by Greenpeace environmental group on April 4. Greenpeace says it believes the leak occurred in November ...

http://www.pr-inside.com/spain-s-nuclear-council-checks-800-people-r537226.htm

[madokie]

1. This shows that the nuclear power industry cannot be trusted to keep us informed

They lie they lie and then they lie some more