Cumbria's Nuclear Future: An Inside Out Special
An Inside Out special considering how councillors in Cumbria will decide next year about the option of building a nuclear waste store under the surrounding countryside.
Britain needs to find a site for a long-term underground store for our high-level nuclear waste. The project - more complex than the Channel Tunnel and potentially the size of a small city - is a political hot potato. In the New Year, councillors in Cumbria will decide whether to reject the option of building the store under the beautiful local countryside - or whether to agree to more work to find a geologically suitable site. No other region in Britain is now volunteering for such a controversial project. So what are the benefits and the risks that Cumbria has to weigh up? Chris Jackson reports for a special Inside Out.
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Cumbria's nuclear waste disposal dilemma
Duration: 02:01
The 100,000-year nuclear waste site
Arguments over nuclear waste disposal have been raging for decades, especially in Cumbria where the search continues for a site suitable for storing waste for tens of thousands of years.
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Nuclear and scientific experts are disagreeing about geological issues and, combined with Cumbrian public concerns at having an underground repository for nuclear waste, the dilemma continues.
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Cumbria has volunteered to consider housing waste in the county - and nationally, it is currently the only option.
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But experts say the way in which site selection is being carried out is very wrong.Μύ
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Producer | Ed Hanson |
| Presenter | Chris Jackson |
Broadcast
- Mon 8 Oct 2012 19:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One North East & Cumbria & North West only