Talk:Rhyl
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Deleted this "Shame really, because the beach is really great . . . apart from the possibility of radioactive silts which may be accumulating from the Sellafield nuclear plant. (As far as I know the beach has not been tested for radioactive levels or hot spots)." When someone sticks a geiger counter in the sand and it starts ticking loads, then we'll put that in again. PJBeef, 24 April 2004, 10.58 UTC
Does following have any bearing on the above.Wikipedia search Irish Sea
The Irish Sea has been subject to heavy radioactive contamination by the first British weapons grade 239Pu nuclear production plant and power station at Sellafield, also known as Windscale. (See the Sellafield page about the naming of this site.) An estimated 250 kg of plutonium have been deposited in marine sediments during the first decades of production. Another source of radioactive pollution may be the Dundrennan Range on the Solway Firth. Further north are the Holy Loch (now closed) and Faslane bases, where nuclear submarines were serviced during the cold war. After the Chernobyl disaster, rain containing Cs-137 and other radioactive material fell in the area. The area of the Beaufort's Dyke has been used as a dump for chemical weapons and possibly more nuclear waste.
There is definetly something in the water, My dog and a number of others belonging to people I have met on walks have had tumours removed after going for a swim.
Removed reference to the sea being brown due to river sediment. the colour is due to the wave action stirring up the sand and keeping it in suspension, go offshore by a few hundred yards in a boat and you can see the seabed. Tango Whiskey 17 August 2006
Removed reference to the original Pavilion being called the Pavilion Theatre. It was only ever known as The Pavilion. Tango Whiskey 28 August 2006
Changed Rhyl raincentre to rhyl suncentre, its correct name.
