Radiation in Catalonia

By Joel Suñé

Nowadays people are talking a lot about the radiation in Japan, but other events related to the emission of radiation have occurred here in Catalonia. In November 2007, there was a leak in the Asco nuclear plant. The leak was not dangerous, but it could have caused many deaths. On April 16th 2008 the leak was classified as level 2 on a scale from 0 to 7 and the director of the plant was removed from his job. On 21st October 2010 a leak was discovered when a school party was on a day trip in the nuclear plant, and the plant did not stop functioning because the fine was cheaper than the cost of stopping the nuclear plant. Now, in March and April of this year, the courts are judging the former director and the former head of radiation protection service.