Tell Us Exactly What Was Dumped ; Agency Says Radioactive Waste Was Military Vehicle Dials but Site Bosses Say They Received 30 Tonnes of Sand: Prove to Us It's Not Dangerous

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THE Evening Gazette today calls for the authorities to tell the full story about the radioactive waste from nuclear bomb tests that was secretly dumped on Teesside.

As we reported yesterday, toxic material left behind after military explosions over Christmas Island in the South Pacific in the 1950s was transported back to the UK and consigned to landfill on a site next to the Tees within a mile of Middlesbrough town centre. The Environment Agency approved the dumping at Port Clarence, Stockton, and said the only radioactive materials included in the load were luminous painted dials found in abandoned military vehicles. But site operators Augean have admitted that they received 30 tonnes of radioactive sand from the Ministry of Defence. Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham said he was "absolutely appalled" that the waste had been dumped on Teesside. without the knowledge of the local community. He called for the Ministry of Defence to explain why local people were not told that the waste was being dumped half a mile from the nearest residential area.

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Tell Us Exactly What Was Dumped ; Agency Says Radioactive Waste Was Military Vehicle Dials but Site Bosses Say They Received 30 Tonnes of Sand: Prove to Us It's Not Dangerous

"I will be writing to the MoD to find out what has been going on here," he said. "I will also be seeking reassurances from the site about what exactly is dumped there, and want them to prove to me and local people that this is not dangerous....

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