Communities are to be paid £1m a year simply to discuss the possibility of having a radioactive dump built beneath them, under the latest Government attempts to find a burial site for Britain’s nuclear waste.
Areas which subsequently allow test drilling to take place could reap a total of £40m in payments with “no strings attached” before deciding whether to proceed with the project.
Ministers were accused of opting for a “bribing and bullying” strategy after unveiling the plans and admitting that councils in areas considering hosting the dump would no longer have a guaranteed veto to block its construction .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk
