Nuclear power is safe say its supporters. Safe, safe, safe.

Tell that to the family of Duncan Ball…

Duncan Ball, who worked in the [Sellafield] Magnox plant for 20 years, died on July 17. He was 49.

In 2007 Mr Ball was diagnosed with a bone marrow cancer (multiple myeloma) and The Whitehaven News understands he received an interim payment from the nuclear industry scheme to compensate workers or their dependents for diseases which may be radiation-linked.