On 14/6/01 at a public meeting in Goostrey Village Hall,
Fred Attwater Scottish Power's Project Manager for the Gas Plant, asked why the gas-turbine plant should be put in open countryside, and not an industrial estate blurted out the following:
" it's too dangerous to be put near people."
This honest comment, regretted ever since by Scottish Power, but heard by too many people to be denied, is the best summary of the risks and dangers of the Gas Plant.
The Health and Safety Executive have said they have "no objections" to the gas plant, but that merely means that any accidents would kill no more than a certain number of people - it does not mean the plant would be "safe".
For instance: HSE calculate that an explosion at one of the well heads over the Gas Plant's underground cavities would produce a fireball 217 metres across, killing 50% of people within 300 metres of the explosion.
The Gas Plant would also be an attractive target for TERRORIST ATTACK, being highly visible, brightly lit at night, and guarded only by a few staff responsible for a vast plant spread over a wide area.
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