Comment on radioactive waste repository
Finding solution for for Britain’s growing nuclear waste stockpile is imperative, says Richard Black
By George Smeeton
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Commenting on consultations launched today by the Government on finding a permanent solution for the disposal of the UK’s radioactive waste, Richard Black, director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) said:
“Finding a secure resting place for Britain’s growing nuclear waste stockpile is something that government after government has failed to do – sometimes for lack of trying, sometimes through trying to foist on communities something they really didn’t want.
“Now we’re building new reactors, which makes finding a solution even more imperative. The key to doing so, as Finland is showing, is trust; and in this country, the nuclear industry and its government backers have a monumental legacy of mistrust that they’re going to have to work hard to overcome.
“The only approach that stands a chance of succeeding is absolutely openness – and one hopes that this will indeed be the approach, because the waste can’t be wished out of existence.”