The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on Viridor’s plans to increase the capacity of the facility by around 34,864 tonnes a year

The UK government’s chief scientific adviser John Beddington today outlined the worst case scenario in Fukushima following a third explosion at the nuclear plant this morning. Professor Beddington said that a containment vessel around the reactor that exploded this morning may be ruptured, which would mean the temperature could not be controlled. “At that stage… […]