The hamlet of Villar de Canas has a remedy for its economic woes: a nuclear waste dump in its backyard.
The village in the central Spanish region of Castille-La Mancha that is steeped in tales of Don Quixote is trying to claw out of the country’s worst economic slump in more than half a century. The village and many of its 400 residents are looking to the 900 million euro ($949 million) storage facility planned by the government to bring jobs and stop the exodus of young people.
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