What about the waste?

7th April 2011


As governments react to Fukushima by testing the safety of nuclear power stations, Paul Suff reminds us that the problem of nuclear waste still has to be dealt with

Much of the debate surrounding nuclear power since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was seriously damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on 11 March has focussed on safety. Energy sec

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