Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of mud from Bridgwater Bay near the site of the disused Hinkley A nuclear reactor will be dumped in the Bristol Channel when the new Hinkley C nuclear power station is built. The company building Hinkley C in North Somerset, EDF Energy, has obtained a marine licence to dump 200,000 cubic meters of dredged-up mud and sediment in the channel Cardiff Bay. One expert has said he fears the mud may be more radioactive than is currently believed, raising concerns about the proposed dumping.
Bristol Post 22nd Oct 2017 read more »
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