Damages awarded for contaminated land
Damages awarded for contaminated land
- 1996
- Guardian 27 November 1996, 6(1) .
Damages of £6m were awarded against the Ministry of Defence for causing radioactive contamination of an industrial estate next to its nuclear weapons plant at Aldermaston. Blue Circle Industries brought the case after a deal to sell the land collapsed after the purchaser discovered the pollution by plutonium. Map.
ALDERMASTON
CONTAMINATED LAND
DAMAGES
NUCLEAR INSTALLATION ACT 1965
PLUTONIUM
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
RADIOACTIVITY
Damages of £6m were awarded against the Ministry of Defence for causing radioactive contamination of an industrial estate next to its nuclear weapons plant at Aldermaston. Blue Circle Industries brought the case after a deal to sell the land collapsed after the purchaser discovered the pollution by plutonium. Map.
ALDERMASTON
CONTAMINATED LAND
DAMAGES
NUCLEAR INSTALLATION ACT 1965
PLUTONIUM
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
RADIOACTIVITY