Decontamination teams chipped Radioactive submarine paint and marine encrustation off the submarine's hull which was continually sprayed with water to entered Holy Loch prevent radioactive dust or particles being released into the atmosphere. officials have by naval officials, had not been in port Although officials continue to deny privately admitted that a nuclear at the time, and there had been no that any radioactive leak has taken missile submarine dangerously radioactive leak. People had 'misin- place, the incident appears to confirm contaminated with radioactive waste terpreted the routine offioading of a local suspicions that the Poseidon entered the Holy Loch submarine missile'. Eyewitnesses also reported missile armed submarines are base in late last month. The that the submarine's hull had been discharging radioactive materials off incident suggests that US nuclear sprayed with water, but this was the Scottish coast. A report prepared submarines have been dumping officially claimed to be 'routine'. last year by investigative reporter radioactive waste off the Scottish In fact there had been a serious David Kaplan for the US Fund for coast. Because of local confusion radioactive accident, and this has now Constitutional Government quoted about the identity of the submarine been confirmed to local council repre- US Navy shipyard and submarine concerned, naval officials have until sentatives, but the contaminated sub- personnel as confirming that 'the this week been able to deny that any marine was, according to US Navy Navy routinely dumps overboard incident b8flo:!like .place,» The sources, the USS Sam Rayburn, highly radioactive resins'. The resins Ministry ofi.Defencer fa()es,r81pJlrlia ~SBt'J (bJlJistic missile submarine) are used as filters for the nuclear mentary question late this week from 635. It carries 16 Poseidon missile reactor cooling water system and can Scottish Labour MP George Foulkes and is nuclear-powered. It entered the be dumped frQIJIa)luqeb.r submarine about the event. Holy Loch on the weekend of the while it is operating at sea, In at-least. Residents in nearby first 25/26 February and was taken aboard two previous accidents of this' kind, heard rumours a month ago that one the dry dock USS Los Alamos which the resin has been swept onto the of the Poseidon fleet, the USSAndrew is permanently moored in the Loch. submarine's hul\ contaminating Jackson, had been involved in a radio- According to eyewitness accounts, paint and marine debris such as active accident. Strathclyde Regional everyone aboard the Los Alamos was barnacles. Council then made official enquiries. issued with personal radiation The Andrezo Jackson, it was claimed monitoring badges the next day. Duncan Campbell