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Local authorities argue against storage of dismantled nuclear submarines

HMS Dreadnought, the Royal Navy's first nuclear-powered submarine Credit: PA

There are calls for neither Sellafield nor Chapelcross to be chosen to store radioactive waste from dismantled nuclear submarines.

They come after the Ministry of Defence included the two facilities on a shortlist of potential sites for the project.

But both local authorities have formally objected to the idea, saying it won't benefit their area.