"Up to" 53 billion quid? ..expensive new hole to dig for nuclear storage.
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 11:33 pm
Nuclear storage...
More proof of nuclear powers VFM (as if you needed more)
The cost of a proposed underground storage facility to safely house the UK’s nuclear waste for millennia has risen to as much as £53 billion in the past four years, more than double the previous estimate, according to a new government report.
The UK currently stores its 133,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste above ground, and the quantity is projected to swell to more than 4 million cubic metres in future. (Source: New Scientist)
https://zephr.newscientist.com/article/ ... 20estimate.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... foi-130416
More proof of nuclear powers VFM (as if you needed more)
The cost of a proposed underground storage facility to safely house the UK’s nuclear waste for millennia has risen to as much as £53 billion in the past four years, more than double the previous estimate, according to a new government report.
The UK currently stores its 133,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste above ground, and the quantity is projected to swell to more than 4 million cubic metres in future. (Source: New Scientist)
https://zephr.newscientist.com/article/ ... 20estimate.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... foi-130416