Nuclear power in the United Kingdom stated "We are an insurance policy for long-term stable supply and there is a price for that certainty". The UK has a large variety of different intermediate- and high-level radioactive wastes, coming from national programmes to develop nuclear weapons and nuclear power. It is a national responsibility to pay for the management of these. In addition, new nuclear power stations could be built, the waste management from which would be the private sector's financial responsibility, although all would be stored in a single facility. Most of the UK's higher-activity radioactive waste is currently held in temporary storage at Sellafield. On
Embalse Nuclear Power Station taken offline, having completed its first operating cycle of about 30 years. On 1 September 2016, the plant received the last two of four steam generators, fundamental elements for the life extension of the plant. The plant is being reconditioned to deliver power for another 30 years: the replacement of the four steam generators is one of the key steps. Embalse Nuclear Power Station The Embalse Nuclear Power Station () is one of three operational nuclear power plants in Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of a reservoir on the Río Tercero, near the city of Embalse, Córdoba,