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Inside Out North East and Cumbria

Cumbria's Nuclear Future: An Inside Out Special

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One North East & Cumbria

Britain needs to find a site for a long-term underground store for our high-level nuclear waste. The project - more complex than the Channel Tunnel and potentially the size of a small city - is a political hot potato. In the New Year, councillors in Cumbria will decide whether to reject the option of building the store under the beautiful local countryside - or whether to agree to more work to find a geologically suitable site. No other region in Britain is now volunteering for such a controversial project. So what are the benefits and the risks that Cumbria has to weigh up? Chris Jackson reports for a special Inside Out. Show less

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