The government has been trying for years to bury radioactive waste. In January 2013 this was vetoed by Cumbria County Council. To overcome this opposition, on the very last day of the 2010-2015 Parliament, the government changed the regulations about the geological disposal of radioactive wastes so that a County Council may not object in future. Previously eminent geologists and the Inspector of the 1995-6 Nirex Planning Inquiry looked at the disposal of intermediate nuclear wastes in Cumbria and concluded that the geology is too complex. The only reason for changing the planning regulations is to allow the government to do so even though the geology is known to be unsound.
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Dr John Cox blogs 
Yes. The other truth here John is that the radioactive waste we have will not go away (in some cases for hundreds of thousands of years) so a serious solution must be found. The first thing to do is to stop producing more (although obviously thought needs to be put into medical uses of radiological materials). Resources (money) need to be ring-fenced and safeguarded to be available to deal with this as an ongoing project.
What was that old slogan? “If the Romans had nuclear power we’d still be guarding their nuclear waste now.”
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