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Nuclear waste 'may be blighting 1,000 sites' in the UK
Rob Edwards, guardian
2nd May, 2012
MoD under fire after DECC report finds number of sites contaminated with radioactive waste is far higher than previously estimated more...
Battlelines drawn as Cumbrian residents square up over nuclear waste site
Matilda Lee
15th February, 2012
A decision looms on whether - and where - to build the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have 'volunteered' - but can the communities be convinced? Matilda Lee reports more...
Don't believe the spin on thorium being a ‘greener’ nuclear option
Eifion Rees
23rd June, 2011
It produces less radioactive waste and more power than uranium but the UK would be making a mistake in looking to it as a 'greener' fuel. The Ecologist reports more...
Underwater nuclear power stations destined for the English Channel?
Robert Williams
15th February, 2011
Plans for undersea nuclear power reactors around the coast of France could see a boom in uptake of the technology - but serious questions about costs and waste disposal remain unanswered more...
The government isn’t telling us the true cost of nuclear waste disposal
Dr Paul Dorfman
13th December, 2010
UK plans for ten new nuclear power plants will create £80 billion worth of radioactive waste that we still have no secure way of disposing more...
Taxpayers could bankroll nuclear clear-up under new Government plans
Tom Levitt
9th December, 2010
Campaign groups say UK officials are underestimating the costs of disposing of nuclear waste and that the taxpayer will end up footing the bill more...
Rejected nuclear waste site in Cumbria back on list of potential locations
Tom Levitt
29th October, 2010
Campaigners and scientists express concern over the inclusion of a site near Sellafield in latest list of locations considered for deep underground disposal of nuclear waste more...
EU nuclear waste disposal plans 'not safe' claim scientists
Emily Shelton
16th September 2010
Experts warn EU proposals for deep geological disposal of radioactive waste have ‘serious potential for something to go badly wrong’more...
Finland's safety fears over next-generation nuclear reactor
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Safety concerns may halt construction of a new nuclear facility in Finland, posing questions about the viability of the next generation of European Pressurised Reactors destined for the UK more...
British nuclear waste goes on sale
News
7th March, 2008
Last night British nuclear assets went on sale to the private sector to help the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority raise cash to help pay for its £72bn nuclear waste clean up bill. more...
Using Sellafield to bury nuclear waste could be 'illegal'
News
2nd November, 2007
Using the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria for long-term nuclear waste disposal could be illegal, a leading academic has said. more...
'Sham' consultation records 46 per cent in favour of nuclear power
News
10th September, 2007
The Government’s ongoing consultation on nuclear power, which late last week was described as ‘a sham’ by environmental groups, has recorded preliminary results of 46 per cent in favour of nuclear power. more...
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Scotland says no to nuclear waste
News
27th June, 2007
The Scottish Executive has firmly refused to have nuclear waste buried north of the border, when asked as part of a new government consultation exercise. more...
Nuclear waste dump on brink of rupture
News
4th June, 2007
Tanks holding nuclear waste in the Russian Arctic are in danger of exploding in a spontaneous chain reaction, an environmental group has warned. more...
Nuclear waste dumped in landfill
News
7th February, 2007
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has been found guilty by a court in Scotland of dumping radioactive nuclear waste into a conventional landfill site and allowing radioactive particles to leak from its Dounreay reprocessing plant. more...
The Nuclear Dossier
Jon Hughes
1st June, 2006
Think nuclear power and you probably thing of small amounts of highly radioactive material, safely encased in vast concrete bunkers, generating an endless and constant supply of clean electricity. Yes it's expensive and clearly there is a problem with nuclear waste, but if it is the answer to climate change then why not? more...
Nuclear Power Dossier: Nuclear Waste
The Ecologist
1st June, 2006
5000 years ago the English Channel didn't exist - so where are we going to bury our nuclear waste that will be safe for up to one million years...or more? more...Nuclear Power Dossier: Decommissioning
The Ecologist
1st June, 2006
Decommissioning has a ring of finality to it. But don't be fooled. A nuclear reactor will be standing for another 150 years before it is finally razed to the ground more...Members
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