Push for new UK nuclear plants lacks facility for toxic waste, say experts
Posted: 2nd April 2022
UK only in early stages of finding permanent site for underground storage of hazardous spent fuel
Waste from Hinkley Point C, under construction in Somerset, will need to be deposited in a deep geological disposal facility. Photograph: EDF/CGN/Hinkley Point C/PAMon 28 Mar 2022 07.00 BST
As Boris Johnson prepares a new push for nuclear power, the £131bn problem of how to safely dispose of vast volumes of radioactive waste created by the last British atomic energy programme remains unsolved.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/28/push-for-new-uk-nuclear-plants-lacks-facility-fo…