Part of East Yorkshire is being considered for the disposal of nuclear waste from across the UK, according to a government agency.
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has identified South Holderness as having potential for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF).
A working group has been formed to examine the proposals.
However NWS’s chief executive Corhyn Parr said the scheme would require the support of the local community.
“This is a consent-based process [and] if the community does not express support for a GDF it won’t be built there,” she said.
Two similar working groups have already been established in Cumbria and one at Theddlethorpe on the Lincolnshire coast.
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