Sellafield nuclear power station in Cumbria, England Andrew Findlay / Alamy
Towns, counties and even individuals with land across England have put themselves forward as candidates to host an underground nuclear waste facility for thousands of years.
The legacy of 64 years of nuclear power generation in the UK is waste stored at around 30 above ground sites around the country, the vast majority at the Sellafield site in Cumbria. The safest long-term option is seen as storing it far underground in a secure facility.
While countries such as Finland and Sweden have made progress on underground repositories, UK efforts…
