Subs will move to troubled base
Updated on 27 April 2009
Julian Rush uncovers documents revealing Plymouth is to lose its nuclear submarines to Faslane in Scotland, where there have been a series of safety breaches.
Channel 4 News has seen Ministry of Defence documents which appear to confirm for the first time that the Plymouth base is losing the submarines in a significant strategic move by the government.
The details were released under the freedom of information act.
The documents also reveal a series of serious safety breaches at the Faslane nuclear submarine base, where leaks of radioactive waste have been released into the River Clyde.
The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has said that if Faslane was a civilian facility it would have considered closing it.
