Whistleblower: Trident Nuclear Submarine Program
May 17th, 2015Full text: William McNeilly document (.pdf).
Via: BBC:
The Royal Navy is to investigate claims that security and safety procedures around the Trident nuclear submarines are inadequate.
The investigation was launched after the claims were made by a submariner who has gone on the run.
Able Seaman William McNeilly alleged the Trident programme was a “disaster waiting to happen.”
The Royal Navy said that the submarine fleet operated “under the most stringent safety regime.”
In an internet post, Mr McNeilly said he was an Engineering Technician Submariner who was on patrol with HMS Victorious this year.
He has written an 18-page report, called The Secret Nuclear Threat, detailing what he claims are serious security and safety breaches on board the vessel.
Research Credit: PW
