Thursday, January 31, 2013

United Kingdom: Cumbria sticks it to the nuclear dump lobby – despite all the carrots on offer

Guardian: Cumbria county council's decision to "dump the dump" by voting against a nuclear waste repository close to the Lake District has drilled a nasty great hole in the middle of the government's wider nuclear strategy. Ministers had made clear that part of the agreement with the public over a new generation of atomic power stations would involve finding a safe and permanent home for the high-level waste created by the old ones. Cumbria's decision is a body blow for government because though it may...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/31/cumbria-nuclear-waste-dump-analysis
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/1/31/1359654684014/Sellafield-nuclear-power--010.jpg

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