cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/10699460
Sellafield, Europe’s most hazardous nuclear site, has a worsening leak from a huge silo of radioactive waste that could pose a risk to the public, the Guardian can reveal.
Concerns over safety at the crumbling building, as well as cracks in a reservoir of toxic sludge known as B30, have caused diplomatic tensions with countries including the US, Norway and Ireland, which fear Sellafield has failed to get a grip of the problems.
The problem isn’t with nuclear, so much, or even the designs, which have apparently improved considerably with recent generations. It’s the mind bending stupidity of bureaucracies run by accountants that makes this dangerous.