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March 05, 2015

British nuclear site clean-up costs soar
London (AFP) March 4, 2015
The cost of decommissioning and cleaning up Britain's Sellafield nuclear site have been revised upwards to Pounds 53 billion ($81 billion, 73 billion euros), the National Audit Office said. The cost has gone up by Pounds 5 billion and work at the site on the northwest English coast is taking much longer than planned, the NAO said in a report. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which owns Sellafield, aims to clear the site by 2120. Sellafield is Britain's "largest and most hazardous nuclear site", th ... read more

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