True price of UK’s nuclear legacy:

Fresh analysis shows mushrooming cost of clean-up

The true cost of cleaning up Britain’s nuclear legacy is more than twice the

However, this giant figure is only around half of what will be required. It excludes decommissioning British Energy’s seven nuclear power stations, the first of which is due to close in 2011, dealing with the Ministry of Defence’s nuclear sites and the long-term storage of the waste. Adding those all in would bring the total cost to around