Where will the UK bury nuclear waste for 100,000 years?
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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.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I did some postgraduate courses with guys from Sellafield - the shenanigans they talked about didn’t fill me with confidence.

    I went on a school trip there and it is very impressive, like a Bond villains lair, but they did always gloss over the waste issue and, until that’s solved, we should be wary of building any similar large reactors.