Author: Jan Bridget

MILLOM TOWN COUNCIL WITHDRAWS FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP??

The draft minutes for the November meeting of Millom Town Council says: 150/24: SOUTH COPELAND GDF PARTNERSHIP: Cllr Faulkner raised concerns following the latest South Copeland GDF Partnership meeting where she had attended on behalf of Millom Town Council. Cllr Falkner’s main concerns were as follows: MTC have always declared itself neutral in the GDF […]

Ask the locals: NFLA Chair says it is ‘prudent and proper’ for Nuclear Waste Services to consult residents over South Copeland flooding risk

Nuclear Free Local Authorities: 16th January 2025 The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities have urged Nuclear Waste Services and the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership to ask the residents of Millom and Haverigg for help in identifying local sites which have been flooded. As part of its ongoing effort to locate a potential site for […]

Ask the locals: NFLA Chair says it is ‘prudent and proper’ for Nuclear WasteServices to consult residents over South Copeland flooding risk

NFLA media release, 16 January 2025 The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities have urged Nuclear Waste Services and the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership to ask the residents of Millom and Haverigg for help in identifying local sites which have been flooded. As part of its ongoing effort to locate a potential site for a […]

No more buckets and spades – would nuke dump end West Cumbrian tourism?

Nuclear Free Local Authorities Press Release, 7th January 2025 The UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities fear the siting of a Geological Disposal Facility in the South Copeland Search Area could lead to irrecoverable damage to the tourist economy and the loss of many local jobs. Local campaigners in Millom and District against the Nuclear Dump […]

OVER 200 JOBS COULD BE LOST

NFLA media release, 7 Aug 2024, For immediate use Over two hundred jobs may be lost if Haverigg jail is displaced by nuclear dump  Whilst Nuclear Waste Services are keen to promote the number of jobs that might be created by the establishment of a Geological Disposal Facility in West Cumbria, there is less clarity […]