By Adam Vaughan
A long-running search to find a site for an underground nuclear waste store in the UK has received a boost today as a community in north-west England took the first formal step towards hosting the £12 billion facility.
Two years ago, the UK and Welsh governments rebooted their hunt for an area willing to voluntarily host a geological disposal facility, a long-term underground store for half a century’s worth of radioactive waste.
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