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Somerset council to oppose Oldbury nuclear waste storage at Hinkley
By Western Daily Press  |  Posted: January 19, 2014
Somerset council to oppose Oldbury nuclear waste storage at Hinkley
Oldbury nuclear power station in Gloucestershire. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority wants to transfer waste from the closed plant to Hinkley A in Somerset for processing
Proposals to move 144 tonnes of nuclear waste the length of the West Country, in lorries from Gloucestershire to West Somerset will be opposed this week.
West Somerset councillors are being urged to oppose the plan by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to move 70 lorry loads of the waste from the Oldbury power station on the banks of the Severn to Hinkley Point A, where it would be processed and stored.
The NDA has assured the council of the safety of the transfer, which would take place from 2020 to 2022, but Tim Taylor, the Conservative leader of West Somerset Council, said only waste in-situ within Hinkley A, should be stored on site.
"Any nuclear waste has its risks, and it is also reputational risks as well - risk to tourism and prospects and so on - so we object to any nuclear waste coming from outside," he said.
The NDA said using fewer locations would help reduce the overall costs, environmental impacts and timescales of decommissioning.
Bill Hamilton, the head of stakeholder relations at the NDA, added: "Clearly, safety and security are the biggest priority that we have in terms of all of our planning work.
"We have made it very clear that we wouldn't carry out any of these proposals if we thought there was going to be a significant increase in risk."
West Somerset Council said the plant, which does not yet have planning approval, would operate for about five years processing FED waste from Hinkley A and a further two and a half years to process the same type of waste from Oldbury.
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Somerset-council-oppose-Oldbury-nuclear-waste/story-20464536-detail/story.html

Oldbury to Hinkley Point A nuclear waste transfer 'a risk'
Hinkley Point A
Approximately 144 tonnes of nuclear waste would be transported to Hinkley Point A using 70 lorries
Concern over nuclear waste transfer
Councillors are being urged to object to plans to transport 70 lorry loads of nuclear waste from South Gloucestershire to Somerset.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) wants waste from Oldbury Power Station to be processed and stored at Hinkley Point A.
The authority said the move makes financial sense and is safe.
But West Somerset Council has argued extra nuclear waste should not be brought into the area.
Approximately 144 tonnes of the nuclear waste would be transported between the two sites from 2020 to 2022, the NDA said.
The proposals will be discussed next week, when Councillor Chris Morgan, responsible for environment, will recommended the council object to the scheme.
Tim Taylor, the Conservative leader of West Somerset Council, said only waste in-situ within Hinkley A, should be stored on site.
"Any nuclear waste has its risks, and it is also reputational risks as well - risk to tourism and prospects and so on - so we object to any nuclear waste coming from outside," he said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-25773520

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