Closure of Mox plant leaves nuclear waste headache for Cumbria

The Independent Wednesday 3rd August, 2011

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said potential delays in Japanese orders for Mox fuel following the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March, which caused a major crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant, meant that the Sellafield Mox Plant must now close with the loss of about 800 jobs. Experts have told The Independent the option of returning...

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