Radioactive waste disposal site consultation

摘要

The UK government has launched a consultation on a revised process for working with communities in order to agree a site for an underground geological disposal facility (GDF) for 'highei activity radioactive waste'. This would provide a permanent solution for the disposal of existing legacy waste, and waste from new nuclear power stations, it claims. Under the new approach, communities would be provided with more information at an earlier stage in the process; a positive community-wide demonstration of support would be required before a community could host a GDF; and communities would have an on-going right to withdraw from the process.