Radiation levels around Rosyth dockyard increased last year according to the latest monitoring report. Levels across the UK were well within dose limits, said the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) following the publication of its Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE 22) Report. However, local SNP MSP Douglas Chapman has made a renewed call for the “excruciatingly slow” timescale for dismantling Rosyth’s seven redundant nuclear submarines to be hastened. Mr Chapman, said: “It’s encouraging that SEPA’s latest report shows radioactivity doses are well within limits. “However, Rosyth should not be a sanctuary for toxic submarines and this is something I have raised in Parliament as constituents are fed-up with the subs rotting in their own backyard. Yes, they are to be dismantled and removed, but the timescale is excruciatingly slow. “‘I’m encouraging SEPA to progress its work with the MoD to manage the area effectively and help rid Rosyth of the subs so that the space in the dockyard basin can be used for more economically productive uses.”
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