MPs Find £127M Was Wasted on Failed UK Nuclear Cleanup Plan

MPs find £127M was wasted on failed UK nuclear cleanup plan

: Don't worry, only 100 more years of Sellafield nuclear site cleansing to go

MPs Find £127M Was Wasted On Failed UK Nuclear Cleanup Plan • The Register - Data Intelligence

The center for the UK’s nuclear industry wasted £127 million ($172 million) during delays and replanning as it scrambled to find alternatives for facilities which treat and repackage plutonium, a Parliamentary report found. In the face of a 2028 deadline to replace its 70-year-old analytical lab, Sellafield Limited, part of a group of companies and government bodies on the northwest England Sellafield site, has abandoned plans for its Replacemen…

Sellafield nuclear clean-up too slow and too costly, say MPs

Alex Lawson, 4 June 25 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/04/sellafield-nuclear-clean-up-mps-public-accounts-committee Parliamentary committee raises concerns over ‘suboptimal’ workplace culture at ageing waste dump. MPs have warned about the speed and cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear waste dump and raised concerns over a “suboptimal” workplace culture at the site. Members of parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC) urge…