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Revealed: where the MoD wants to dump its radioactive waste

A secret shortlist of a dozen sites across the UK where the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is thinking of dumping dangerous radioactive waste from defunct nuclear submarines can be revealed today by the Sunday Herald.

As many as five of the sites under consideration – for storing up to 500 cubic metres of toxic scrap from 27 submarines – are in Scotland.