Radioactive leak into burn at Chapelcross

On 20 September British Nuclear Fuels were fined £5000 for letting radioactive waste go into a Gullielands burn near the Chapelcross power station. The leak came from a sump holding radioactive water. The sump was being filled with mains water from a hose, but an operator forgot to turn off the hose and the sump overflowed spilling the contaminated water, which then flowed into the burn. The fine was issued by the Sheriff at Dumfries court.