Article 351X8 Hinkley nuclear site radioactive mud to be dumped near Cardiff

Hinkley nuclear site radioactive mud to be dumped near Cardiff

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Jamie Doward
from Environment | The Guardian on (#351X8)

Critics say dredging of sediment could increase risks of contamination on Welsh side of Severn estuary

More than 300,000 tonnes of "radioactive" mud, some of it the toxic byproduct of Britain's atomic weapons programme, will be dredged to make way for England's newest nuclear power station and dumped in the Severn estuary just over a mile from Cardiff.

Related: Electricity consumers 'to fund nuclear weapons through Hinkley Point C'

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