NUCLEAR officials have formally agreed to pile more pressure on the Government to make Sellafield’s Calder Hall the first reactor in the UK to be decommissioned. Copeland Council’s chief executive Pat Graham and nuclear portfolio-holder David Moore have been given the green light to build a case setting out why it should be top of the list. A council report has claimed that if decommissioning is delayed, the asbestos in the reactor will pose a risk to workers, while maintenance costs will become ‘unsupportable’.
Whitehaven News 8th Feb 2019 read more »
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