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When the last nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom shuts down in 2024, it will leave behind a legacy of sortsone that's been helped along by government funding.
The Guardian reports the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has provided more than $11 million to communities near the sites that will be decommissioned over the next 20 years.
The money has helped create jobs, diversify the economy, and improve the quality of life for people in the communities closest to the sites, according to a press release.
"We must provide a positive legacy once our work is completed," the NDA's director of Socio-economics says.
The projects that have received funding include a tearoom that's been spruced up at a gardening center and a mobile supermarket van that's designed to help people who can't afford groceries save on travel costs.
"By investing in training, skills, infrastructure, and the environment, we're laying the groundwork for lasting change," the CEO of the NRS, the government's socio-economic agency, says in the press release. Read the Entire Article
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