In reply to Chris Craggs:
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> Over 60 years since they started nuclear processing there and they still haven't a clue what to do with the waste - unbelievable!
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> Chris
I think the problem is that there is that the people in charge didn't read what teh scientists were saying, certainly ever since I've been aware of Nuclear power (about 20 years), the size of the clean-up operation has been well known.
what wasn't anticipated for some reason is that despite the fact we have reasonably failsafe methods of dealing with it, for some reason people don't like living near these sites.
That combined with massively escalting "danger money" paid to clear this stuff up (normally just to the companies, not the staff affected) has lead to astronimical increases in estimates for cleaning it up.
The oddest thing about this really is that Cumbria really would be one of the best places to put it - minimal population, and minimal distance from source which reduces cost and risk of transport and on top of that favourable geology.