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July 31, 2015

Spanish government, region lock horns over radioactive waste site
Madrid (AFP) July 30, 2015
Spain's conservative government and the central region of Castilla-La Mancha locked horns Thursday over plans to build the nation's first-ever temporary storage facility for highly radioactive waste. The country's nuclear security council on Monday approved a report that gives the green light for the facility to be built near the village of Villar de Canas in Castilla-La Mancha. Enresa, the state-owned company responsible for Spain's nuclear facilities, in 2011 chose the site from a list that in ... read more

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