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The South Copeland GDF Community Partnership has opened discussions with international communities who have experience of the geological disposal siting process to exchange knowledge and understanding. The Mayor of Ignace in Canada, Penny Lucas, and the Chair of the Ignace Community Nuclear Liaison Committee (ICNLC), Brad Greaves, gave a presentation online to the South Copeland […]
Welcome to the first newsletter from the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership. In this edition we’ll provide details of our first GDF drop-in events which take place in June. We also have all the information you’ll need about the £1million Community Investment Funding – which has just awarded its first grant to a local project […]
A series of exhibition events are set up to help people to ask questions and find out more about what a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is and what it could mean for the South Copeland Area. The events are being held by South Copeland GDF Community Partnership in June in the Search Area – which […]
A community project in South Copeland has been awarded grant funding as the area takes part in discussions about whether it could be the right place to host a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). This is the first funding to be allocated from the Community Investment Fund in this Search Area. Formation of the South Copeland […]
Surveys are due to take place off the coast of Mid and South Copeland for around three – four weeks this summer between July and August to deepen understanding about the nature of the deep rocks beyond the coast. This is part of the work required within the siting process for the underground elements of […]
South Copeland GDF Community Partnership has appointed Ged McGrath as its new Chair. Mr McGrath has lived in South Copeland for 20 years and has a wealth of experience working in and engaging with the local community. This includes previously owning and operating Millom Post Office, being elected as a local Councillor, and running a […]
South Copeland GDF Community Partnership is encouraging people to find out more about what a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) could mean for local people. The Community Partnership is a longer-term group which formed in December 2021 to take forward discussions about whether South Copeland could be the right place to host a GDF, taking over […]
A second Community Partnership has formed in Copeland to take forward discussions around geological disposal. The South Copeland GDF Community Partnership has now launched, with its own Search Area, which includes the electoral wards of Millom and Black Combe & Scafell. Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) is considering the potential of the deep geology beyond the […]
Welcome to the December edition of the Copeland GDF Working Group newsletter – which is our final one. A second Community Partnership has now formed, in South Copeland, to take forward discussions on geological disposal and what it could mean locally. For the Working Group, this means that it will now close as its work […]