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Description:Worrying levels of radioactivity are to be found on scale brough to surface in North Sea oil installations, Dispatches reports on the extent that radioactivity is being kept secret by the oil industry. Dispatches presents evidence that both the radioactivity levels and the volume of radioactive scale are much greater than the industry publicly admits. An internal report on the dangers to the workforce of radioactive scale, produced for the oil industry's Exploration and Production Forum and obtained by Dispatches states that the hazard can be very real This report conflicts with the advice the industry gives its own workforce.