Treasury criticises ‘unachievable’ plan for underground nuclear waste dump in Cumbria
Assessment suggests cost of project to store 700,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste could reach £54bnThe UK’s proposal for a new underground nuclear waste dump has been described as “unachievable” in a Treasury assessment of the project.Ministers have put new nuclear power at the centre...
<p>Assessment suggests cost of project to store 700,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste could reach £54bn</p><p>The UK’s proposal for a new underground nuclear waste dump has been described as “unachievable” in a Treasury assessment of the project.</p><p>Ministers have put new nuclear power <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/10/sizewell-c-nuclear-power-station-ed-miliband-investment">at the centre</a> of their green energy revolution. But the problem of what to do with 700,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste – roughly the volume of 6,000 doubledecker buses – from the country’s past nuclear programme, as well as future waste from nuclear expansion, has yet to be solved.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/18/treasury-criticises-unachievable-plan-for-underground-nuclear-waste-dump-in-cumbria">Continue reading...</a>
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