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United Kingdom: Nuclear leaks bill will be paid by taxpayer

2014-02-23 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The private consortium that will manage the decommissioning of Britain's ageing Magnox nuclear reactors will not be held financially liable if they suffer a major radioactive incident even if it costs billions of pounds to clear up, it has emerged. The government will indemnify the private contractors, which means the taxpayer will be left to foot the bill for any leak, a similar arrangement to how things stand now. Critics complain that granting the multimillion-pound contract to a private...

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