Law changed so nuclear waste dumps can be forced on local communities
Source: The Guardian, Date: , 2015
Nuclear waste dumps can be imposed on local communities without
their support under a new law rushed through in the final hours of
parliament.Under the latest rules, the long search for a place to store
Britain’s stockpile of 50 years’ worth of the most radioactive waste from power
stations, weapons and medical use can be ended by bypassing local planning.
Since last week, the sites are now officially considered “nationally
significant infrastructure projects” and so will be chosen by the secretary of
state for energy. He or she would get advice from the planning inspectorate,
but would not be bound by the recommendation. Local councils and communities
can object to details of the development but cannot stop it altogether