UK nuclear cleanup contract back in public hands after £122m bill

Botched tender was for the disposal of materials at 12 UK sites including DungenessThe UK government has been forced to take a multibillion-pound nuclear cleanup contract back into public ownership, after a botched tender to the private sector landed the taxpayer with a £122m bill.The government will take over the decommissioning of Britain’s 12 Magnox sites, including the former nuclear power stations at Dungeness in Kent and Hinkley Point in Somerset.Continue reading...