UKAEA
Dipesh Shah, the chief executive of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, is plotting a management buyout of the public company, which has been valued at £450m. Shah is believed to have sounded out key members of staff and private equity backers for a bid. The UKAEA could also attract interest from trade buyers such as Bechtel of the US, Britain’s Amec, or the multinational CH2M Hill. The UKAEA’s future is expected to be scrutinised by Alistair Darling, the new Trade and Industry Secretary who replaced Alan Johnson in the Prime Minister’s cabinet reshuffle on Friday.
Observer 7th May 2006
Nuclear Testing
The human cost of 40 years of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan— the deformities suffered by the local population due to the radiation and the subsequent terrible agonies.
Sunday Post 7th May 2006
BRITISH servicemen exposed to radiation during nuclear tests in the Pacific in the 1950s are mounting a £100m compensation case against the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Sunday Times 7th May 2006
Brazil
Brazil has joined the select group of countries with the capability of enriching uranium as a means of generating energy.
BBC 6th May 2006
Essex
A preliminary report into Ministry of Defence firing ranges and bomb testing areas at Shoeburyness has called for a more detailed study of contamination.
BBC 6th May 2006
