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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 […]
Kelly Anderson, Community Engagement Manager for the South Copeland GDF Partnership sits on the Partnership to represent the developer, Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), which is investigating potential GDF sites across the UK – and is encouraging people to ask questions and find out more. She said: “Although I represent the views of the developer on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In June and July, a sample of 158 residents in the two South Copeland Search Area wards (Black Combe & Scafell and Millom) were surveyed about their awareness of the Community Partnership and Geological Disposal. This survey was completed to gain an initial baseline measure of awareness, understanding and support of a Geological Disposal Facility […]
The South Copeland GDF Community Partnership is looking for new members to help take forward the conversation with the local community about whether South Copeland could be the right place to build a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). The GDF developer is exploring if a Search Area made up of the electoral wards of Millom and […]