Spiralling costs of Britain’s Sellafield nuclear site
Afloat 31st Oct 2018 BBC News reports that The UK government must “get a grip” on spiralling
costs and project delays that have plagued the Sellafield nuclear site,
located on the far side of the Irish Sea on the Cumbrian coast,
approximately 170 km (112 miles) from the northeast coast of Ireland, just
128 miles from Dublin. The UK’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said in a
report that some decommissioning projects had already been delayed by more
than a decade. It said estimated budget overruns had climbed to nearly
£1bn.
https://afloat.ie/port-news/dun-laoghaire-news/item/40975-sellafield-british-government-warned-to-get-a-grip-on-irish-sea-site
costs and project delays that have plagued the Sellafield nuclear site,
located on the far side of the Irish Sea on the Cumbrian coast,
approximately 170 km (112 miles) from the northeast coast of Ireland, just
128 miles from Dublin. The UK’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said in a
report that some decommissioning projects had already been delayed by more
than a decade. It said estimated budget overruns had climbed to nearly
£1bn.
https://afloat.ie/port-news/dun-laoghaire-news/item/40975-sellafield-british-government-warned-to-get-a-grip-on-irish-sea-site
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