Local councils are offered millions to bury nuclear waste

U.K. – Tenders are to be invited from town halls to site nuclear waste bunkers in their areas in return for multimillion-pound investment in local services.

David Miliband, the Environment Secretary, confirmed yesterday the long-expected decision to bury the waste from Britain

Local authorities will be asked to volunteer to have dumps in their area, and the inducements will be attractive.

The construction project could take 40 years to complete. It has not yet been decided whether there will be one bunker or several. That will be determined by how many councils show an interest and whether their locations are suitable.

Times of London