EU breaks deadlock between Spain, Portugal on nuclear waste disposal plan

Thanks to mediation by the European Commission, Spain and Portugal on Tuesday arrived at an amicable agreement to relaunch discussions on the future construction of a nuclear waste storage site on the Spanish banks of a major river that flows west to empty into the Atlantic by the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.

Spain had planned to build a waste storage facility at the Almaraz nuclear power plant, which uses the Tagus River to cool its reactors, but Portugal objected and took the matter to the European Union.

Source: EFE