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The South Copeland GDF Community Partnership’s Investment Panel has awarded over £500,000 in Community Investment Funding (CIF) to local projects so far during its third year, as the area takes part in the search for a suitable site for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). A GDF is an underground facility designed to safely and securely […]

Three communities engaged in GDF programme – one of the largest environmental protection programmes in the UK. Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has published its 2024 Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Report detailing progress of the GDF siting process.   The UK has benefitted from a world-leading nuclear sector for many decades, and the GDF programme is […]

A Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is a facility designed to safely and securely dispose of the most hazardous radioactive waste in highly engineered vaults and tunnels deep underground. The GDF programme requires NWS to find both a suitable site and a willing community and is still in the early stages. GDFs are internationally recognised by […]

This list of additional reading has been prepared by members of the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership, including NWS, and is based on topics raised by local residents.  In this list we have focused on wider sources of information which are independent of NWS. It is not intended to be exhaustive and is simply a […]

A number of countries worldwide are progressing plans to develop a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). They include France, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Japan and Canada. No country has operated a final repository for High Level Waste or spent nuclear fuel yet, but Finland, Sweden and France are at the forefront. In Sweden, there has been community […]

You might have heard the term ‘multi-barrier approach’ during discussions about geological disposal. But what is this, exactly? The GDF developer, NWS, say that a combination of natural and man-made barriers will contain the waste in a GDF, and these work together to help safely isolate the radioactive waste. Containment means keeping the waste where […]

“Retrievability” is often a word that comes up in discussions on geological disposal.  When looking at Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programmes in the UK and abroad, an apparent difference is the extent to which the option of ‘retrievability’ of radioactive waste is featured in plans. The UK position is outlined below. UK Government Position   […]

In this video, Professor Claire Corkhill goes on a journey to understand where nuclear waste comes from, what it looks like and why we need to do something about it.  She explores how nuclear waste is being dealt with in Finland, and what the current UK plans are for disposing the waste in a Geological […]

Hello and welcome to the latest newsletter from the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership. Over the last year, notable progress has been made on the journey towards understanding whether South Copeland is a suitable location to build a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) and whether it is right for local people. This has been made possible […]