A Caithness community councillor has claimed it would be “complete madness” for Marine Scotland to approve an offshore wind farm near Dounreay.
David Craig, of the Caithness West Community Council (CWCC), is concerned that consent for the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm would lead to radioactive particles in the seabed sediments adjacent to the plant being disturbed by drilling and dredging operations.
A two-kilometre fishing exclusion zone was imposed at the Dounreay site as particles from operations at the plant in the 1960s and 70s were found in the area, although Mr Craig claims they have been “undisturbed and relatively safely settled” for over 25 years.
He and his fellow community councillors are concerned that what is described as “offshore support works” for the scheme may have already led to the increase in the number of particles found on the Dounreay foreshore this year. https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/approval-of-offshore-wind-farm-near-dounreay-would-be-compl-298187/
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