UK union wants talks over clean-up at defunct nuclear reactors

Union leaders in the UK were today seeking talks with the British government over reports that clean-up work at a number of defunct nuclear reactors is to be halted because of funding problems.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is to publish a business plan next month which unions believe will lead to a shift in resources from work in the south of England to the Sellafield site in Cumbria.