First I'd heard of it too *sigh*
<P>While the problem should certainly have been caught earlier it is not true that <EM>"enough [radioactive fuel] to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, had already been accidentally discharged".</EM></P> <P>There was a leak <EM>within</EM> the plant, not <EM>from</EM> the plant, into a "secondary containment vessel" which was there specifically to stop stuff getting out of the plant in the event of something springing a leak. Nothing escaped into the outside and no workers were exposed.</P> <P><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/4589321.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/4589321.stm</A><BR><A href="http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=132&storyCode=202901"><a href="http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=132&storyCode=202901</A></P>">http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=132&storyCode=202901</A></P></a>
Rob
It had hit the media earlier, but was not widely reported: -<br> <br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4476905.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4476905.stm</a><br> <br> Check the date.
Since when is 83,000 litres enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool? An Olympic swimming pool is 50m long by maybe 20m wide, so 83 cubic metres would fill it to a grand depth of just over 3 inches.
Rob again