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UK Nuclear Site's Clean-Up Costs Rise To £136 Billion
The cost of cleaning up the U.K.'s largest nuclear site, "is expected to spiral to £136 billion" (about $176 billion), according to the Guardian, creating tension with the country's public-spending watchdog. Projects to fix the state-owned buildings with hazardous and radioactive material "a...
Europe's most hazardous industrial site has previously been described by a former UK secretary of state as a " bottomless pit of hell, money and despair". The Guardian's Nuclear Leaks investigation in late 2023 revealed a string of cybersecurity problems at the site, as well as issues with its safety and workplace culture. "Plans to clean up three of its worst ponds — which contain hazardous nuclear sludge that must be painstakingly removed — are running six to 13 years later than forecast when the National Audit Office last drew up a report, in 2018... "
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