Whistleblower Warns on Safety of UK Nukes, Goes on the Run

WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE, 25 May 2015

TeleSur – TRANSCEND Media Service

In coming months, the UK government will decide whether to spend £100bn (US$150bn) on upgrading its nuclear weapons system.

The HMS Vanguard which carries nuclear missiles | Photo: MOD

17 May 2015 – A UK Navy Seaman has warned that the UK’s nuclear submarine system, Trident, are a “disaster waiting to happen” and is now in hiding.

Seaman William McNeilly posted a 18 page report on the internet, called The Secret Nuclear Threat, outlining serious security and safety failings.

McNeilly went on the run following his decision to expose the potentially catastrophic safety and security breaches.

The Navy has confirmed he had served on board HMS Victorious, which is armed with Trident nuclear missiles.

The failings outlined in his report include ID cards rarely being checked; the nuclear missile compartment being used as a gym by crew; water dripping onto electrics in the nuclear reactors; and a high risk of nuclear explosion from malpractice.

William McNeilly, aged 25, claimed, “it’s harder to get into most nightclubs” than it is to get past important security checks on the submarines.

McNeilly told Wikileaks “Please make sure this information is released. I don’t want to be in prison without anyone knowing the truth” adding “This is bigger than me, it’s bigger than all of us. We are so close to a nuclear disaster it is shocking, and yet everybody is accepting the risk to the public.”

The UK’s Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament responded to the revelation saying it “paints a nightmarish picture of just how close we may have come to the UK’s own nukes causing the greatest catastrophe this country has ever seen.”

British Prime Minister David Cameron and military top officials were kept in the dark about the failing security practices, the report claims.

However the UK Navy sought to dismiss Mcneilly’s claims with a spokesperson labelling it as “unsubstantiated personal views” from “a very junior sailor.”

In coming months, the new UK government is expected to hold the final vote on whether to spend £100bn (US$150bn) on its nuclear weapons system which are currently housed in Scotland.

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