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Nuclear bomb programme struggled with staff shortages, says MoD report

Rob Edwards on December 2, 2019December 5, 2019

Staff shortages have prevented an official watchdog from completing all “essential tasks” to ensure the safety of the UK nuclear weapons programme, according to a previously confidential Ministry of Defence report.

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Ministry of Defence under fire for hiding reports on nuclear safety problems

Rob Edwards on November 29, 2019December 1, 2019

The UK government’s nuclear safety watchdog has criticised the Ministry of Defence for hiding efforts to ensure the safety of Britain’s nuclear bomb programme under a cloak of secrecy.

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Revealed: 505 nuclear safety incidents at Faslane

Rob Edwards on November 18, 2018April 6, 2019

The Ministry of Defence has recorded more than 500 safety mishaps with nuclear submarines on the Clyde since 2006 - half of them in the last four years.

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Ministry of Defence rapped for five nuclear safety breaches

Rob Edwards on November 4, 2018April 6, 2019

The Ministry of Defence has been formally reprimanded by its internal safety regulator for five nuclear safety breaches, according to documents seen by The Ferret.

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MoD took seven years to conduct ‘urgent’ review of nuclear convoy dangers

Rob Edwards on July 3, 2018April 6, 2019

The Ministry of Defence has failed to complete a review of the public hazards of nuclear bomb convoys despite being told by its watchdog in 2011 it was urgent.

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Trident nuclear safety reports suppressed by the Ministry of Defence

Rob Edwards on November 13, 2017April 18, 2019

The Ministry of Defence has censored official warnings about the safety of the Trident nuclear weapons system based on the Clyde.

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Skills shortage threatens Trident safety, says MoD

Rob Edwards on June 9, 2016June 21, 2016

New safety fears over 10-year failure to recruit enough skilled and experienced staff to work on UK nuclear weapons and submarines.

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Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union

Written by Rob Edwards

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

Written by Rob Edwards

Claim Holyrood meets once a week during lockdown is false

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Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms

Written by Rob Edwards