Bribes for Dump

Concern over funding ‘stigma’ from Theddlethorpe nuclear storage. Only a ‘handful’ of applications made. There are concerns that community groups in Theddlethorpe are not applying for a share of nearly £1million due to of the money’s links with a potential nuclear storage dump. Only a handful of applications from Theddlethorpe community groups have been received for the grants. The money is being made available due to Nuclear Waste Services exploring a potential for the area to host a Geological Disposal Facility. The money is set to be handed out over the next 15-20 years — with £1million a year allocated while local studies are carried out, and £2.5million a year while drilling boreholes and further exploring the geology of the area. Lincolnshire County Council’s Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee were told on Tuesday that few groups had come forward to claim it. Councillor Matthew Boles said: “It would strike me that the reason there’s a very small uptake in applying for these grants is that the local residents have attached stigma to it. “They might feel that if they apply for this money they’re somehow supporting and are in favour of it.”