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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

‘It’s a bribe’: the coastal areas that could become the UK’s nuclear dump

A skull overlooks Mablethorpe beach
A skull overlooks Mablethorpe beach, and a throwback to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament protests of the 1980s. Photograph: John Robertson/The Guardian

On the unspoilt Lincolnshire coast, where dog walkers enjoy the five miles of golden sandy beach and families take holidays in the caravan parks beyond the dunes, the efforts of British politicians to persuade the public nuclear energy is green, safe and clean do not seem to be gaining traction.

A skull glowers down from the sand dunes on to Mablethorpe Beach, a portent of death and destruction, and a throwback to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament protests of the 1980s.

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