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Fears for nuclear safety on Clyde as MoD emergency centre faces closure

Fears are growing for the future of a nuclear emergency co-ordination centre in Scotland that helps deal with the aftermath of submarine accidents such as that off the Isle of Skye on Friday.

Staff at the Clyde Off-Site Centre near Rhu on Gareloch, a few miles south of the Faslane naval base, have been told that it is facing closure. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) insisted no final decision had been taken.