United Kingdom's nuclear giant Sellafield has pleaded guilty to sending nuclear waste to a landfill instead of a repository, as the cost of cleanup at the Sellafield facility reached nearly $107 billion with no end to the rise in sight. The nuclear power company admitted to sending four bags of radioactive waste to the wrong facility, blaming a new monitor that exempted the bags from strict controls by classifying them as "general" waste. All four bags were retrieved, and sentencing will take place March 8. Meanwhile, the decommissioning of the Sellafield site has continued to miss crucial deadlines, leaving projects significantly over budget. The National Audit Office said that the buildings continue to pose "intolerable risks to people and the environment," and its report calls for a "real sense of urgency" to avoid further rising costs and risk. For the full story, see http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/07/sellafield-prosecuted-radioactive-waste-disposal and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-21298117.