Forklift truck incident caused uranium oxide leak
GoogleTwo companies are to be prosecuted following a uranium oxide leak in Cheshire.
It happened at the Capenhurst site, near Chester, in February 2024.
A metal container holding nearly 11 tonnes of uranium oxide powder fell from a forklift truck, resulting in a small amount being spilled. Nobody was injured in the incident.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said, following an investigation, it was taking legal action against Urenco ChemPlants Ltd and Babcock Critical Services.
The ONR said because legal proceedings were now under way, it could not comment any further about what had happened.
The Capenhurst facility is a uranium enrichment site, having originally been developed as a munitions factory in World War Two.
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