UK nuclear cleanup contract back in public hands after £122m bill
by Adam Vaughan from Environment | The Guardian on (#3T6YV)
Botched tender was for the disposal of materials at 12 UK sites including Dungeness
The UK government has been forced to take a multibillion-pound nuclear cleanup contract back into public ownership, after a botched tender to the private sector landed the taxpayer with a 122m bill.
The government will take over the decommissioning of Britain's 12 Magnox sites, including the former nuclear power stations at Dungeness in Kent and Hinkley Point in Somerset.
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