NUCLEAR waste would only be stored in Wales if a community volunteered to take it, the Welsh Government said yesterday.
Friends of the Earth Cymru warned that more than 400,000m3 of highly toxic waste, including all of the most dangerous radioactive material ever produced in England, could be on its way west.
The Welsh Government is currently consulting on proposals to dispose of radioactive waste in a deep geological storage facility. The consultation closes on Thursday.
But a spokesman said a geological disposal facility can, and will, only be sited in Wales if a community were voluntarily to approach the Welsh Government seeking to enter discussions about potentially hosting such a facility.
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