"Assuming that North Korea is responsible for the Cheonan incident, then it is appropriate for the government to respond at the level it has."
VOA: standard.2010.05.27
Thus what may appear to be a low-level incident, since the most sensitive information was not compromised, can be just as complex and time-consuming to clean up as a widespread loss of medical records or credit card numbers.
They have also suspended refuelling at their Calder Hall plant in Cumbria, which uses the same refuelling system as Chapelcross, while moving to reassure the public that the incident was a "low level" nuclear incident.
Ferguson had also claimed that United chief executive David Gill and Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein had agreed at boardroom level not to discuss the incident in public.