Spanish Government, Region Lock Horns over Radioactive Waste Site

摘要

Spain's conservative government and the central region of Castilla-La Mancha locked horns over plans to build the nation's first-ever temporary storage facility for highly radioactive waste. The country's nuclear security council 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 included eight other communities which bid to house the nuclear dump. But the new Socialist government of Castilla-La Mancha moved to block the construction of the facility by approving the expansion of a protected area for birds so it includes land earmarked for the radioactive waste site.