OPINION: Editorial - BNFL sale must focus on safety

The partial privatisation of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL), the government-owned company which reprocesses nuclear fuels and decommissions power stations, was described by one city analyst as ’just about the hardest privatisation you could imagine’. For those promoting it, the sell-off of BNFL represents a much greater challenge than the government’s disposal of utilities has over the last 15 years.