DoomsdaysCW<p>Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?</p><p>"One [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sellafield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sellafield</span></a>'s] oldest waste storage silos is currently leaking radioactive liquid into the ground. That is a 'recurrence of a historic leak' that Sellafield Ltd, the company that operates the site, says first started in the 1970s."</p><p>Victoria Gill and Kate Stephens<br>September 8, 2024</p><p>"A repeating tone - blip, blip, blip - is the audible reminder that we are in one of the most hazardous nuclear sites in the world: Sellafield.</p><p>"That sound - pulsing from speakers inside the cavernous fuel-handling plant - is a signal that everything is functioning as it should.</p><p>"That is comforting because Sellafield, in Cumbria, is the temporary home to the vast majority of the UK’s radioactive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a>, as well as the world’s largest stockpile of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a>.</p><p>"That waste is the product of reactions that drive the UK’s nuclear power stations and it is highly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a>.</p><p>"It releases energy that can penetrate and damage the cells in our bodies, and 'it remains hazardous for 100,000 years', explains Claire Corkhill, professor of radioactive waste management at University of Bristol.</p><p>"Sellafield is filling up - and experts say we have no choice but to find somewhere new to keep this material safe.</p><p>"Nuclear power is also part of the government’s stated mission for 'clean [sic] power by 2030'. More nuclear power means more nuclear waste."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx6e2x0kdyo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/czx6e2x0</span><span class="invisible">kdyo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uranium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWasteDump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWasteDump</span></a></p>