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Sellafield clean-up costs 67.5bn
2013-02-04 01:19:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear site has reached 67.5bn, with no indication of when the cost will stop rising, according to a report.
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United Kingdom: Sellafield clean-up costs 67.5bn
2013-02-04 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear waste site has reached 67.5bn with no sign of when the cost will stop rising, according to a report. The Public Accounts Committee's report said deadlines to clean the Cumbria site had been missed, leaving crucial decommissioning projects over budget. It suggested successive governments have failed to "get to grips" with the hoards of waste stored at the site. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said it is facing up to the challenges. Set...
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United Kingdom: From Somerset to Sellafield: it's a thumbs-down to storing nuclear waste
2013-02-01 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Lecture titles do not normally stick in the mind, but one has stayed with me for more than 30 years. The lion of nuclear fission has been tamed,' it ran. "It remains to clear up what he leaves in his cage.' A generation has passed since the talk was delivered -- by Ned Franklin, perhaps the best atomic industry chief of the day -- and the nuclear-waste mess is still festering. Indeed, after this week, there is little chance of it being cleaned up in the foreseeable future, causing it to threaten...
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