The Government is secretly testing emergency blackout plans
Government departments and councils across the country have been involved in the stress testing of Yarrow in recent days, the paper added.
Lightning strikes or flooding at a substation are outlined as potential reasons for a blackout in the "official sensitive" documents. The impact of a blackout could be further complicated by Met Office warnings that Britain may be entering a cold winter, the documents add. It would mean just analogue FM radio stations would work and the Beeb would only broadcast Radio 2 and Radio 4 by generators.
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