R E P R O C E S S I N G R E P O R T S Liquid Discharges From European Reprocessing Facilities Over the last four decades discharges of radioactive substances from reprocessing facilities have played a major role in the contamination of the North West European shelf (Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea, North East Atlantic). Reprocessing is by far the largest contributor to the total radioactive discharges in the North East Atlantic and has attributed more than 97 % of the total site inputs. The discharged radioactivity from reprocessing facilities is spread throughout the whole Atlantic Ocean. It can even be detected in the Nordic Seas and South West of Greenland. Save Our Seas, Plutonium Reprocessing and the Contamination of the Seas Millions of European citizens are exposed to radioactive and toxic substances released every day from plutonium factories in Britain and France As part of routine operations, the La Hague (France), Sellafield (UK) and Dounreay (UK) reprocessing plants discharge billions of litres of nuclear waste into the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish and North Seas. |