Addendum to the recent Wind Turbine thread.
note the bit about Sellafield.
From the BBC News web page today (15/12/04)
'Nuclear dumpsite' plan attacked
Plans to allow foreign nuclear waste to be permanently stored in the
UK have been branded "deeply irresponsible" by the Liberal Democrats.
The government has confirmed intermediate level waste (ILW) that was
to have been shipped back to its home countries will now be stored in
the UK.
The cash raised will go towards the UK's nuclear clean-up programme.
But Lib Dem Norman Baker accused ministers of turning Britain into a
"nuclear dumpsite".
Waste shipments
Under current contracts, British Nuclear Fuels should return all but
low level waste, but none has ever been sent back.
In future, only highly-radioactive waste will be sent back to its
country of origin, normally Germany or Japan, under armed guard.
Intermediate waste from countries such as Japan, Germany, Spain,
Italy, Switzerland and Sweden will be stored permanently in the UK.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:>At the moment, this waste is stored at Sellafield, in Cumbria, in the form of glass bricks,<<<<
> untreated liquid waste or solid material in drums. <<<< lol
In a statement, the Department of Trade and Industry said the new
policy meant there would be a "sixfold reduction in the number of
waste shipments to overseas countries".
And it said highly-radioactive waste would be returned to its home
country sooner, ensuring there would be no overall increase in
radioactivity.
'Environmental millstone'?
Norman