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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 […]
Welcome to the November edition of the Copeland GDF Working Group newsletter. A Community Partnership has now formed in Copeland to take forward the work we began a year ago and which now gives access to £1million investment funding. The Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership has its own Search Area which includes the electoral wards […]
A question which regularly comes up in discussions with the Working Group is what are the different ‘areas’ and ‘sites’ that are talked about in the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) siting process. This information sheet is to help explain the different terms used and in which part of the siting process they are relevant. What […]
Copeland GDF Working Group has been working towards identifying Search Area(s) for further consideration in the search for suitable sites to host a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). A GDF is an underground facility designed to safely and securely dispose of higher activity radioactive waste. A Search Area is the geographical area on land within […]
What is a GDF? A Geological Disposal Facility, or GDF, is an underground facility designed to safely and securely dispose of radioactive waste. It involves building a series of specially designed and engineered vaults and tunnels deep underground at a depth of between 200 and 1000 metres. It could potentially be three times deeper than […]