Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?
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Where will the UK bury nuclear waste for 100,000 years?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx6e2x0kdyo
The UK's nuclear waste needs a permanent home - but finding a community willing to take it is tricky.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2686908
One of UK's oldest nuclear waste storage silos is currently leaking radioactive liquid into the ground. That is a “recurrence of a historic leak” that Sellafield Ltd, the company that operates the site, says first started in the 1970s.
Sellafield has also faced questions about its working culture and adherence to safety rules. The company is currently awaiting sentencing after it pleaded guilty, in June, to charges related to cyber-security failings.