This is a review of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate’s decision not to prosecute Magnox Electric Ltd over its involvement in the Sizewell A radioactive discharge incident of 7 January 2007. The radioactive release arose as a direct consequence of a breach in the pipework of the spent fuel pond water recirculation system resulting in uncontrolled spillage of 40,000 gallons (180m3) of (radio)active water over a period of about 45 minutes. About one-quarter of this spillage discharged completely untreated to the marine environment via the Sizewell A site storm drainage system.
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