Rolls Royce forks out £377k in radiation case

摘要

Rolls Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd was fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £176,500 on 29 September following the loss of a radioactive source at its plant in Derby. The company, a subsidiary of Rolls Royce plc, which manufactures components for nuclear submarines, uses radioactive sources (containing Ytterbium -169) in its industrial radiography work to test that welds are perfect. Leicester Crown Court heard that significant failings led to a radioactive source (a capsule the size of a small screw) being lost for approximately five hours at the Sinfin Lane site on 3 March 2011.