Tons and tons and tons of nuclear waste
The Government's statement that nuclear was can all be safely stored so we needn't worry about it is deeply flawed for several reasons -
1 The statement said the Government is offering " open and transparent partnerships with potential host communities, with appropriate involvement and benefit packages." This is Whitehallspeak for We intend to bribe local authorities to take on a nuclear dump near them - we're far from sure they'll agree otherwise.
2. Nobody, including the government, knows where to put the waste and until locations where it can be properly stored are identified and agreed, it is pie in the sky to say the problem is solved. It isn't.3. There is already nearly half a million cubic metres of radioactive waste - enough to fill London's Royal Albert Hall 5 times over - so it will require lots of dumps. Where?
This piece of kidology is designed to show the authorities have the waste problem in hand, so they can then build a new generation of nuclear reactors. CORWM itself says that building 10 more nuclear power stations, which is what the nuclear industry wants, would triple the already enormous amount of waste we've got. We need this like we need a hole in the head. This is madness and we must stop it.