No nuclear waste site for Cumbria
Cumbria County Council have decided that west Cumbria will not host a site for high level nuclear waste.
Full Report: No nuclear waste site for Cumbria
A day after Cumbria County councillors voted to stop the search for an underground nuclear waste store in the county there are claims that it could still be built.
At the moment 70 per cent of Britain's nuclear waste is stored above ground at Sellafield.
The trade unions there and some local politicians are looking at ways of re-starting the process.
Watch the full report from Tim Backshall below.
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West Cumbria nuclear waste debate: argument AGAINST
Councillors will decide whether to look for a site to bury nuclear waste. We look at the arguments AGAINST going forward in the process.
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West Cumbria nuclear waste debate: argument FOR
As 24 councillors prepare to decide whether west Cumbria should look for a possible site to bury nuclear waste we look at the arguments FOR.