Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP Gordon Brown has expressed his disappointment in the Ministry of Defence for considering an “unacceptable, do-nothing option” to address radiation contamination at a Fife beach.
He received correspondence outlining a list of management methods the MoD is favouring to deal with the problem at Dalgety Bay, including an option to simply put up a fence.
Other proposals listed in the document, produced by AMEC and commissioned by the MoD, include excavation, containment and erecting warning signs.
The MoD was formally named as the polluter last year by environment agency Sepa after thousands of radioactive particles were found on the shore.
It is believed they came from instruments from Second World War aircraft that were destroyed and dumped there.
Mr Brown said he was both “dismayed and shocked” at the document which is due to be published next week, and has written to the Minister urging him to reconsider other options such as digging and engineering to remove the radiation particles permanently.
He said: “I want him to rule out option one before the meeting with locals at the next Dalgety Bay Forum meeting at the end of the month.
“It is unacceptable after such a long wait to have option one hanging over us as a do-nothing option that leaves the problem of contamination in the ground and will mean the problems continue to haunt the area for decades.”