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Local councils rule out new nuclear plants

Cumbria councillors say they are concerned about how and where waste from any new nuclear station would be stored.

Council rules out Cumbria greenbelt land nuclear sites  Councillors in Cumbria have come out against plans which could see new nuclear power stations built on greenbelt land. BBC News 27 Jan 2010

Three sites – at Sellafield, Braystones and Kirksanton – have been highlighted by the government as being suitable for new generating stations.

But county councillors say they will only support a new station on the site of the existing Sellafield facility.

They say developing other sites will not benefit local communities……….Cumbria councillors say they are concerned about how and where waste from any new nuclear station would be stored.

BBC News – Council rules out Cumbria greenbelt land nuclear sites

January 27, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive