OPERATORS of Bradwell Power Station will meet with the community to outline its plans to hold nuclear waste from other plants on the site.

Magnox has applied to Essex County Council to store intermediate level waste (IWL) from Sizewell in Suffolk and Dungeness in Kent.

The company will now hold a community evening to allow the public to find out more information.

Ben Bridgewater, Magnox waste consultant, said: “By transferring ILW packages to Bradwell we will avoid the construction of two ILW stores in the south east.

“This will deliver significant safety, environmental and cost benefits; reducing costs to the UK taxpayer by approximately £30 million.”

Mr Bridgewater added that safety and security of the Magnox sites and transport operations were the company’s highest priorities.

The plans for Bradwell form part of a UK-wide strategy, endorsed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which makes the best use of available and proposed assets and will contribute to saving approximately £200 million for the taxpayer when compared with previous plans.

There will be no transfer of waste packages until the necessary permissions are in place.

The event takes place next Tuesday, April 26, from 3.30pm to 7pm at Bradwell Village Hall.