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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. […]

The following letter, by Jan Bridget, has just been sent to the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership admin with a request to forward it to members of the Community Partnership: I am writing to strongly complain about how members of the public (the community) are kept informed about what the Community Partnership are doing (in […]

Joint Media Release –                                                                               4 April 2023 ‘Total admiration and support’: UK campaigners express solidarity with Indigenous Australian group opposing Kimba nuclear waste dump Four British anti-nuclear groups have written to an Aboriginal campaign group to express their ‘total admiration and support’ in solidarity with their struggle against a Federal Government plan to dump […]

Questions to be answered by desk-based studies which have now begun in South and Mid Copeland (and probably in Allerdale and Theddlethorpe and Maplethorpe).  Likelihood all moving forward at same pace. Reality is that they will be looking at these questions for all four sites initially and then, once sites are identified as being a […]

On the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership website, Under Frequently Asked Questions, the Project Manager discusses Marine Geophysical Surveys and tells (April 2022) that following the surveys (which took place in July-August 2022) “there will be an extended period of analysis of the data – around nine months duration.” This implies the results will be […]

Nuclear Waste Services (the developers) have started desk-based site evaluations for both South and Mid Copeland. We are told the studies will take two to three years to complete and “will look at a range of topics which have taken into consideration community feedback gathered since the formation of the Community Partnership.” A quote from […]

Here are links to a lecture by Dr Helen Wallace called Rock Solid which is about deep geological disposal of nuclear waste. They are from 2012 but much of what she says is relevant now. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine