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.

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.

  • ceiphas@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    20 days ago

    but the nuclear bros told us, that there is no waste, and if there is, it can be fuel again and it isn’t that radioactive, just used clothing and such…

    do you mean they lied to delay the switch to renewables? /s

    • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
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      19 days ago

      Nah, in primary school, we got some nice rubbers from nuclear lobby with a black plastic coin attached to them. The text said: “this is the amount of nuclear waste a family household produces in a year”. This should show us, how “few” waste is produced. That this waste is highly radioactive and toxic was concealed disclosed subsequently.