"BP must identify in the next 48 hours additional leak containment capacity that could be operationalised and expedited to avoid the continueddischarge of oil, " wrote Rear Adm James Watson.
In early May, a study by Ireland's nuclear watchdog - the Irish Radiological Protection Institute -claimed that radioactive discharge from Sellafield continued to be the dominant source of contamination in the Irish Sea.
The integrity of such a system depends upon the continued willingness of the people honestly and accurately to discharge this annual price of citizenship.