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Damages awarded for contaminated land

Language: English Series: Guardian ; 27 November 1996, 6(1)Publication details: 1996Subject(s): Summary: 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.

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.