Further meetings are now scheduled for next week when the Ministry of Defence has apparently agreed to release details of its Safety Case for the repairs to the Gibraltar Government. The American company Philotechnics is looking to salvage and recycle up to 50 tonnes of depleted uranium from hospital radiotherapy departments and discarded aircraft counter-weights. The company says the depleted uranium is lying unmonitored at scrap yards. It is proposed that the uranium be collected at a site in Kent run by the company, Active Collection Bureau, before being shipped to the Manufacturing Science Corporation's facility at Oak Ridge where it will be converted into components for scientific instruments and containers and casks for the nuclear industry. Sydney threat New Zealand police claim to have uncovered a plot to target the Lucas Heights research reactor in the suburbs of Sydney during next month's Olympics.
Police claim to have found maps and details of security at the reactor.
Reports suggest those arrested were linked to Afghanistan-based terrorist Osama. BNFL results Financial results for British Nuclear Fuels are due to be published in September and are expected to show a further drop in profitability. This is due partly to the plutonium MOX fuel scandal and also the problems with Magnox power stations, such as the Wylfa reactor which closed in April because of faulty welds and is expected to be shut until the end of the year. Reductions in the prices received for electricity generation is another factor. This year's Nuclear Free Local Authorities annual conference is called Tackling climate Change Sustainably - the Local Authority Contribution.