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Stop Kent nuclear waste bunker plan says Campaign to Protect Rural England,

Environmental group slams Kent nuclear waste bunker proposal  BBC 20 May 2012 A proposal to build a nuclear waste bunker in Kent has been criticised by an environmental group.

Shepway District Council is considering whether a nuclear disposal facility, where waste is buried underground, could be built at Romney Marsh.

Protect Kent have reacted strongly to the proposal saying it must be “quashed at the outset”.

The council said it has “no formal view” about the proposal.

The Romney Marsh Nuclear Research and Disposal Facility would be buried 200m (656ft) to 1,000m (3,280ft) below ground……. Kent County Council has already signalled its opposition to the idea, saying it would push for a county-wide referendum.

Andrew Ogden, from Protect Kent, local branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, said the proposal was “unfeasible”.

“This is an ill-considered idea that must be quashed at the outset,” he said.

“Perhaps more significantly, it is a proposal that is so unfeasible and so unlikely to be given any credence by the government. Shepway District Council are wasting time, energy and money in trying to pursue it.”…..  Shepway District Council will hold a series of public exhibitions  over the next three weeks detailing the proposals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18137403

May 21, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, wastes