Japan's controversial nuclear waste water plan could impact the UK's decarbonisation agenda

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Controversy around how to deal with the wreckage of the Fukishima power plant has major implications for the UK's nuclear plans, writes Andrew Warren

More than 18,000 people were killed by the huge earthquake off Japan's north-east coast and the ensuing tsunami that struck in March 2011. But the cataclysm is arguably best remembered for the way...

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