7 Sep (NucNet): The community living near the UK’s Sellafield nuclear complex “would be interested” in seeing a proposed national waste repository sited there, British Nuclear Fuel (BNFL) chief executive officer Mike Parker said today.
However, Mr Parker stressed that no decision on siting had been taken and that the process would take some time.
He told the World Nuclear Association’s Annual Symposium in London that whatever site might eventually be chosen in the UK, the “economic well-being” of the local community would need to be assured to pave the way for the project.
In terms of potential new UK units, Mr Parker said it seemed “well-defined” that they would most likely be at existing nuclear power plant sites, but “we have to wait and see”.
Britain announced last year that its high-level nuclear waste will be managed through deep geological disposal, with the government looking for “a strong partnership” with local communities over the selection of sites.
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