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Nuclear Waste in Eastern Europe

How to deal with nuclear waste? Hungary and Bulgaria have different approaches.

As more and more countries around the world contemplate nuclear power as a solution to their energy needs, the unsolved question of how to safely dispose of nuclear waste becomes more pressing. In particular, what to do with spent nuclear fuel which remains extremely radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years. Our Central Europe correspondent Nick Thorpe contrasts the approach of two east European countries, Hungary and Bulgaria.

9 minutes

Last on

Thu 28 May 200910:41GMT

Broadcasts

  • Wed 27 May 200904:41GMT
  • Wed 27 May 200907:50GMT
  • Wed 27 May 200910:41GMT
  • Wed 27 May 200922:41GMT
  • Thu 28 May 200907:50GMT
  • Thu 28 May 200910:41GMT

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