Dump as Blight, Cumbria County Council

Posted: 31st January 2022

CALLS to the county council chief to participate in nuclear waste talks were rejected on the basis that a planned underground facility would result in “the loss of thousands of well paid jobs.” At the cabinet meeting on Thursday, Cumbria County Council’s leader Stewart Young was asked to consider reversing the decision not to participate in the Copeland GDF Community Partnership. A Community Partnership is tasked with discussing the possibility of hosting a GDF (Geological Disposal Facility) with residents of the area. An underground nuclear waste facility is being discussed for the Gosforth, Seascale and Beckermet area by the Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership. The South Copeland GDF Community Partnership has formed to discuss the possibility of hosting a GDF in Millom. Copeland Council agreed to join the partnerships along with Cumbria Association of Local Councils and Radioactive Waste Management, releasing £1 million a year in investment for each area. Carlisle News & Star 29th Jan 2022  https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19883634.cumbria-county-council-leader-rejects-call-join-gdf-discussions/