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  1. £1M in South Copeland awarded by GDF programme

    South Copeland GDF Community Partnership has awarded £1million in Community Investment Funding (CIF) to local projects during its first year. A total of 27 projects were awarded grant funding in South Copeland as the area takes part in the search for a suitable site for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF), with a further £1million available […]

  2. The GDF siting process: What is different this time?

    For over seventy years, the UK has benefited from nuclear technology, including through large scale electricity generation, medical treatments and wider research and development.  As a result of this, the UK has been producing and managing radioactive waste for many decades.  While the majority of this waste is low in radioactivity and disposed of safely […]

  3. South Copeland Search Area boundary to change due to Local Government Reorganisation

    South Copeland GDF Community Partnership Search Area

    The Search Area for South Copeland will be changing its boundary due to Local Government Reorganisation when the current electoral ward boundaries of Copeland Borough Council cease to exist from April 1st 2023. Members of the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership have been discussing how the changes will affect the Partnership, as the area takes […]

  4. Community projects in South Copeland awarded over £710,000 in funding

    Millom STEM Club

    Twenty-one community projects have been awarded grant funding in South Copeland as the area takes part in the search for a suitable site for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). A total of £709,651 has been awarded since the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership launched in December 2021. Formation of the Partnership gave access to £1million […]

  5. Essential fact sheet: Your questions answered by the GDF developer

    In our recent resident research, it was clear that our community needed more information across a number of areas. This ranged from specific information on what a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is and where nuclear waste is currently stored to broader subjects including safety, environmental protection, transportation of the waste, local economic impact and impact […]

  6. South Copeland GDF Community Partnership Newsletter – Issue 2

    South Copeland landscape

    Hello and welcome to the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership newsletter. In December 2021 a Community Partnership was formed in South Copeland to look at what impact a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) – an underground facility designed to safely and securely dispose of higher activity radioactive waste – could have on this area, and continue […]

  7. Transport: Some questions and answers

    Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) train image

    Following some questions from members of the public around GDF and transport – we asked the GDF developer to provide a short Q&A: What is the GDF developer’s plan for transporting nuclear waste from Sellafield to the Search Areas currently taking part in the process? In support of site evaluation, Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) will […]

  8. GDF Community Partnerships: A view from Copeland Borough Council

    The nuclear industry is woven into the very fabric of West Cumbria, playing an important part in helping deliver clean energy to the UK for the past seven decades. It is also part of our immediate future, with decommissioning of the Sellafield Ltd site set to last for decades. We also hope, as set out […]