A Spokesperson for SAS said today;
" Ever since the site closed down, rumours about what is buried beneath the old factory have been rife. Recently the Ministry of Defence confirmed some of the rumours as fact. Not suprisingly we are concerned which of the other plentiful rumours are fact not fiction. We know that the nerve gas produced at the site was designed to kill with one drop. We also know that the chemicals used to make the nerve gas will hang around in the environment for years. We have confirmation that some chemicals were discharged to sea, we have confirmation that plant machinery was buried beneath the site but we have very little idea of what went where and in what amounts".

" Whilst we are obviously delighted that the site will be cleaned up we are hesitant in our celebration. It seems that despite extensive assessment of the site there are still many questions left unanswered. Just what could be uncovered when the clean up operation starts? We know that chemical surveys of the ground have taken place at the site but we are not just dealing with a regular landfill here. We are talking about huge mine shafts, some the size of cathedrals, where god knows what could be lurking. We fail to see how assessment of the soil reveals the truth of what lies beneath".

" It is too dangerous to disturb the site when we are not entirely sure about what we are going to discover. On the other hand considering what is rumoured to be buried beneath Nancekuke we can't afford to hold back on the clean up. We would suggest geophysical surveying starts immediately".

SAS will be sending the photographs of the ceramic pipes to the Ministry of Defence and will also be asking how they plan to survey the extensive mine shafts beneath the site.