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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 […]

According to the latest survey conducted by Yonder the percentage of people who now support a GDF in our area has risen significantly to 50%. Why is this? First of all, it is partly because Drigg and Carleton are now in South Copeland. Secondly, we have had two years of drip-drip propaganda. Thirdly, we have […]

BBC News have published an article acknowledging that Whicham Parish Council conducted a survey of local residents and found 70% are opposed to a nuclear dump being sited in their area (Haverigg/Kirksanton).

Someone in South Holderness https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-68082963?fbclid=IwAR0Ba1H2hlX3FSfI0VyEbS2WYS9cR-xmIPk1J8_XKBWDl9J88cOYKePMPBg proposed the area as a potential site for the GDF. However, within a matter of weeks the leading authority East Riding of Yorkshire Council withdrew from the process. And that is a Tory led Council! Would that Cumberland Council (Labour led) would follow suit.

In a recent press release, Nuclear Free Local Authorities, which has members from 40 local authorities in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, is urging Millom Town Council and other relevant Parish Councils to follow the lead of Whicham Parish Council and ask their constituents if they are for or against […]

In response to me asking the Community Partnership about the above they have replied to say: “The information from the Community Forum is being included in the scoping document for the Community Impacts report. At present we are still finalising the document, but for clarity, the scope will ask the researcher to cover both the […]

We learned more at the above event in Millom on 24th November 2023. See front page, No. 64, for feedback. Quite a lot of contradictions! Main points: results of seismic survey now pushed back to end January. The area chosen will be a construction site for about 150 years! Transference of waste on site (by […]

Here is a link to an excellent press release by Nuclear Free Local Authorities.

The South Copeland GDF Community Partnership was set up (December 2021). In their own words, this is a partnership whose main purpose is to help local people “understand more about the Community Partnership and Geological Disposal, including what a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is, why it is required, and what it means for our community.” […]

Here is their response to my questions posed on 21 April 2023 (see previous post): 1. What is the Community Impacts Report? In response to questions from the community on what the negative impacts of a GDF in South Copeland are, the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership would like to commission a Community Impacts report. […]