North Wales Consulted as Nuclear Waste Site Sought by Government

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North Wales residents are being consulted in the search for a site to dump 60 years worth of the UK's most dangerous radioactive waste. A meeting is being held in Llandudno next month as the government hunts for a "willing host community" where waste accumulated from power stations can be buried hundreds of metres underground. No details of any potential sites have been made public by Radioactive Waste Management (RWM). There are also consultation events taking place in Swansea and six parts of England, Wales Online reports. The Welsh Government said it supported the principle of finding a long-term solution for the most dangerous radioactive waste through burying it but would only support such a site being in Wales if a community was willing to host it. Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) is a subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and is looking for a site for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). The government's website describes such a facility as a "major infrastructure project that provide a permanent solution to the legacy of higher-activity waste that has been accumulating in the UK for over 60 years".