CEEFAX 2 141 Wed 29 Dec 12:55/41 ************ ************************** * *** *** ** ************** ************ ************** 7/7 GROTTO BUILT WITH N-WASTE CONTAINERS A Santa's grotto used by hundreds of children in the run-up to Christmas was made of containers used to store nuclear waste, it has emerged.
The grotto, in Thurso, Caithness, was built by apprentices from the nearby Dounreay nuclear plant.
The four containers had been used to store low-level waste.
The UK Atomic Energy Authority, which runs the plant, said the containers had been thoroughly cleaned beforehand.
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