nuclear dump sites

Greenpeace's response to CoRWM's report

Last edited 1 September 2005 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
20 June, 2005

Summary

This submission focuses on the key environmental principles necessary for safe management of radioactive wastes, including:

  • The Waste Minimization/Avoidance Principle
  • The Passively Safe Principle
  • The Concentrate and Contain Principle
  • The Polluter Pays Principle

Emphasis is laid on defining how key areas of policy have failed though lack of adherence to these principles.

Download the report:

NIREX reveals location of potential nuclear waste sites

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Nuclear waste flasks

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Poll shows overwhelming popular support for ban on nuclear discharges

Last edited 26 June 2000 at 8:00am
26 June, 2000

Eight out of ten people who live in the European countries which have spent nuclear fuel reprocessing contracts with Sellafield (United Kingdom) or La Hague (France) say they want the discharges of radioactive waste into the sea to be stopped and prohibited, according to a series of opinion polls commissioned by Greenpeace.