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Safety concerns make case for Trident removal
Sunday, 28 September 2008

Trident submarineSNP MSP Bill Kidd today called for the removal of Trident from Scotland and for cancellation of plans to build replacement Trident submarines after a report produced by the Ministry of Defence revealed 100 nuclear safety lapses at Faslane and Coulport between June 2006 and May 2007.

The report, highlighted in today's Sunday Herald, shows an alarming 40% rise in the number of nuclear safety incidents in 2006 -2007 including a case of contamination on board a Trident submarine.

Glasgow SNP MSP Bill Kidd said: "This is a deeply worrying report which underlines the concerns over maintaining nuclear submarines on the Clyde.

"For there to be one safety incident would be bad enough, 100 is an absolute disgrace.

"The MoD's safety record at Faslane is deteriorating fast with staff clearly overworked and under resourced.

"With 20 cases of actual or potential release of radioactive material within buildings or submarines at the bases and atleast one actual release of radioactive material this report exposes the real danger of maintaining nuclear weapons in Scotland, furthers the case for their removal and for the abandonment of plans to bring a new generation of nuclear submarines to our shores.

"The SNP is firmly opposed to the existence of nuclear weapons on the Clyde and the Scottish Government is working with civic society across Scotland to explore all options for removing these weapons from our shores.

"At an estimated cost of £75 billion to the UK taxpayers bringing new nuclear submarines to the Clyde is an expensive risk that is not worth taking."
 
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