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Sellafield clean-up cost reaches £67.5bn, says report
Source: BBC
4 February 2013 Last updated at 08:52 GMT
Sellafield clean-up cost reaches L67.5bn, says report
The cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear waste site has reached £67.5bn with no sign of when the cost will stop rising, according to a report.
The Public Accounts Committee's report said deadlines to clean the Cumbria site had been missed, leaving crucial decommissioning projects over budget.
It suggested successive governments have failed to "get to grips" with the hoards of waste stored at the site.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said it is facing up to the challenges.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-21298117
