This would typically be a manufacturer, distributor, licensed radioactive waste broker, or a licensed low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.

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Simon Bacon, chairman of Sinfin, Spondon and all Against Incineration (SSAIN), said the judge will rule on whether the plant is mainly a disposal facility or a recovery facility.

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The energy firm said it would continue to store waste on site until a deep geological disposal facility was made available - similar to the storages created in underground rock caverns in Finland.

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Councillors voted 21 to 13 against formally expressing interest in the government's facility for the geological disposal of nuclear waste.

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The government is implementing a policy of geological disposal of nuclear waste and has invited communities' opinions on the planned facility.

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