Framing the Nuclear Consultation 4. ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Energy Landscape and Renewable Energy Viability Security and Nuclear Proliferation Nuclear Uncertainty Radioactive Waste and New Nuclear Build Radioactive Waste: an Unresolved Problem Economics of New Nuclear Build
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Acknowledgements The Nuclear Consultation Working Group would like to acknowledge the financial support given by The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust for the preparation of this report. The report is part of a wider initiative to facilitate and empower a more rational, accountable and democratic decision-making process concerning the environmental, health and societal risks associated with a potential nuclear new-build programme in the UK. Further details are available at www.nuclearconsult.com
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