Largest ever nuclear dump site in Scotland approved
May 14, 2009
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In 2010 it is expected that construction will commence on Scotland’s largest storage and treatment plant for radioactive waste ever built.
Costing more than £300 million, the combined facilities will be situated on land in Caithness that is adjacent to the Dounreay nuclear power complex.
Plans for the facilities were approved by the Highland Council and forwarded to the government for its consideration, although ministers have chosen not to call in the applications.
Ministers have, however, asked the local planning authority to add a condition that establishes a community benefit fund in its approval process.
Treatment plant is scheduled to begin next year, and construction on the storage facility is expected to commence in 2011.
The Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) noted that the storage facility will have the capacity of holding nearly 200,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste from the now-defunct Caithness nuclear power plant.
Residents of the area surrounding the proposed site have raised concerns, including the potential impact that the dump will have on their property values.
It was decided that the facility could not be built within the boundaries of the Dounreay site due to possible coastal erosion in the future.
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