The site in east Northamptonshire where drums of radioactive uranium were discovered last month had been reported t...
The site in east Northamptonshire where drums of radioactive uranium were discovered last month had been reported to the county council last year, reports BBC Northampton.
The discovery of the uranium at Chelvaston was purely by accident.
It is thought the uranium could have been there since last May.
East Northamptonshire DC chief executive Roger Heath is calling for the problem of unlicensed tipping in the county to be tackled by the county council as waste disposal authority.
Regular weekly inspections are made at recycling centres at Oundle and Rushden, and it is now suggested they be reduced so efforts can be concentrated on controlling the unlicensed tipping sites.
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