Nuclear Waste Management and Decommissioning

28 May 08: Nuclear costs 'to rise by billions: Campaign groups have warned that the cost of decommissioning nuclear power stations was "spiralling out of control" after an official admission that an estimate of £73 billion was set to rise. This figure, published in January, was an increase of £12 billion on the previous estimate made in 2003, but a senior official at the NDA said he believed the cost would continue to escalate. More>>>

25 Feb 08: Atomic waste clean-up plan comes under fire: Two government agencies at the heart of the nuclear industry are at war over safety concerns at some of the country's most sensitive sites. The Environment Agency believes insufficient funds have been made available by ministers for the clean-up of some sites, and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is accused of making things worse. More>>>>>

DEFRA consultation on managing radioactive waste safely - A framework for implementing geological disposal.   Closed 2 Nov 2007.

Stop Hinkley's responce to the DEFRA consultation in November 2007
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoWRM)

CoRWM PUBLISHES FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LONG TERM MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE 31 July 2006

Burying safety issues on nuclear waste is not an option: A year after the CoRWM report, the government is still ignoring the advice from its own committee. It has eagerly accepted what it sees as the solution of deep geological disposal, but it has done little to address the vital prerequisites CoRWM called for.
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Stop Hinkley's Response in Nov 2005 to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's Strategy Document
The submission to CoWRM from the Gloucestershire Green Party in Feb 2006. This is a very comprehensive and extremely useful document. If CORWM are really open to the consultation process, this document will prove very persuasive.

GOVERNMENT HAS NO SOLUTIONS TO NUCLEAR WASTE PROBLEM. Gloucestershire Green party have made another submission to the Government's consultation about what should be done with our growing nuclear waste problem. They conclude again that this, along with other safety and economic, arguments mean that new nuclear power stations make no sense.

 
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A clever man solves problems, a wise man avoids them.

In January 2008 Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, and Northavon MP, Steve Webb said: "The price of dealing with existing nuclear waste has leapt by a staggering £17 billion in the last four years alone. Suggestions that costs may soar even further in the future are very disturbing.

"Since no one seems to know what the final cost for decommissioning will be, how can the Government promise that taxpayers will not end up bailing out the private sector?

"How much is it going to cost our children to clean up the mess left by the new generation of nuclear power stations being planned by this Government?"

No-one knows the cost of nuclear power: we won't be able to add up the final bill for over a thousand years.

 

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