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The UK is assessing how British nuclear waste could be buried in Northern Ireland.
According to this govt video about it, the location identified is on the Newry/Dundalk border.
As part of Brexit the UK is leaving Euratom, so this nuclear dump would not be subject to EU norms
Source for that video and government information page about it.
"Our work shows that we may find a suitable geological setting for a GDF [geological disposal facility] in a small part of this subregion." gov.uk/guidance/north…
There are no nuclear power plants on the island of Ireland. N.Ireland generates its energy from gas, renewables and coal. So the radioactive waste would have to be shipped from Britain across the Irish Sea first, under as-yet-unknown, non-Euratom standards.
There was secret radioactive dumping in Belfast and Derry in the 1980s, according to declassified state papers seen by the BBC. Via @Longsbap bbc.com/news/uk-northe…
There was a nice fact checking story done on this by @thejournal_ie, which noted this was a preliminary assessment, that many sites in the UK were studied, and that local authorities would have a say in the matter. thejournal.ie/factcheck-nucl…
Imagine the process by which this video was made.
Someone came up with the idea. It was scripted, shot, animated, edited, and then some UK government employee saw it and said 'yes, good, that'll do nicely, upload it to YouTube there and embed it on gov.uk'
Can the UK withdraw the comedy goons please
Radioactive Waste Management, the UK public body that made the video, has sent me this statement
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Great food drama in Spain.
The town council of Betanzos, known as the 'tortilla capital', has banned recipes which include onion in the annual election of the best tortilla.
It has inflamed a furious split between concebollistas and sincebollistas. Schism looms.
"I will curse Betanzos with ardor and constancy, every day of my life. 
I have always been tolerant and never insulted any ignorant and bland sincebollista, no matter how stupid his ridiculous attitude. My broad tolerance ends today...
Do they want war? They will have war!"
"This is the last straw. I come out of the closet and declare myself a radical concebollista! I hope those who made this decision choke on their dry onionless tortillas!"
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This is being shares ahead of the pope's visit to Ireland, had me in tears m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…
His name is Michael O'Brien, he went to St Joseph’s Industrial School in Clonmel.  irishtimes.com/news/ex-mayor-…
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