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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

On the welcome page of their latest newsletter (February 2023) the chair of the Community Partnership tells us “This discussion is happening in communities across England” then goes on to say four Community Partnerships have been formed in four different areas. That is hardly across England especially as three of these are in Cumbria. He […]

Advertising is used in general to sway our thinking and persuade us to accept a certain product – and it works otherwise why do companies spend a fortune on advertising campaigns? In this case Nuclear Waste Services are using advertising to persuade us to believe the GDF is a good thing for our area – […]

As a result of government reorganisation Drigg and Carlton with Irton and Stanton will now join the South Copeland Search Area for a GDF (nuclear dump. South Copeland Search Area boundary to change due to Local Government Reorganisation – South Copeland GDF Community Partnership (workinginpartnership.org.uk)

A petition has been set up on Change.org to try to get Millom Town Council to follow the lead of Whicham Parish Council and conduct a survey of its constituents to find out if they are against the GDF, in favour of it or undecided. So far, residents have had no say whatsoever in the […]

According to government, town and parish councils are the first level of local government. They provide communities with a democratic voice and a structure for taking community action; they are meant to represent community views. Millom Town Council should have 15 councillors but there are three vacant posts at the moment. Of the current 12 […]

A Complaint has been sent to the Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary about a Lead Member of Copeland Borough Council. Over 20 Copeland residents (along with other signatories) have signed a letter of complaint to Chief Constable Michelle Skeer about the Portfolio Holder for Nuclear, and Lead Member of the Council Executive. Councillor David Moore […]

The Nuclear Free Local Authorities have sent a second letter to each the four Community Partnerships responsible for taking forward proposals for a nuclear waste dump to seek assurances that opponents of the plan will have a chance to take up membership. The Community Partnerships in Allerdale, Mid-Copeland, South-Copeland, all in West Cumbria, and in […]

In his statement about Community Partnerships dated 22nd November Councillor Moore, Copeland Borough Council says: “What we provide in the Community Partnership is a dispassionate, measured consideration of the facts so we can give our community credible evidence and real information. We want you to be fully informed about what is going on. This is […]