The basic principle needs to be that the polluter pays - the production of radioactive waste involves responsibility for its long-term storage.  Any subsidies from the taxpayer should be dealt with on a justification basis

AWE Aldermaston is already an Option 1 site (interim storage above ground) without any public consultation.  We do not know how much research was done before the ILW stores were put in place.  There is a history of ILW being stored at Aldermaston with varying degrees of safety which dates back to 1982 when sea-dumping ceased.

ILW is going to have to remain on site for at least 50 years from what is reported in the papers we have been sent.