nuclear waste

The same year his showman's instincts saw him swim two miles down the River Thames to highlight opposition to Margaret Thatcher's government policy of dumping nuclear waste at sea.

Despite the risk of nuclear waste, the Biden administration has also championed nuclear power as a carbon-free solution and sought to incentivize the construction of new reactors through subsidies and loans.

The BBC asked visitors to the Lincolnshire coast for their views on the nuclear waste proposal.

Campaigners opposed to plans for a nuclear waste disposal site on the Lincolnshire coast say it could be "disastrous" for the seaside economy.

"If it's done in the right way it will be fine, but I am not sure how a nuclear waste site can be done in the right way," she said.