 Space is running out for decommissioned nuclear subs |
A city council is calling for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide more information on proposals to dismantle nuclear submarines at a Devon dockyard. The MoD is in the second stage of public consultation, called Project Isolus, considering the possibility of carrying out the work at Devonport Dockyard.
There are four firms bidding for the work to remove the reactors, and three of them are proposing dismantling the submarines at Devonport.
But a report which will go before Plymouth City Councillors later this month recommends that more detailed studies are carried out.
The report also criticises a lack of information on the proposals. The MoD recently held a public meeting and exhibition where there was overwhelming opposition to the plans.
Eleven submarines have already been decommissioned but remain with their reactors intact floating in the docks at Rosyth in Fife and at Devonport, the UK's only nuclear-licensed dockyards.
But space is running out and there are 16 more submarines coming to the end of their working lives.
The MoD is due to make a decision next month on where it wants the work to be carried out.
But the report from the council points out that, if Devonport was to get the work, a planning application and a full environmental impact assessment would have to be carried out.
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