High profile Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has lent his support to Radiation Free Lakeland's calls for a halt to the plan for 'geological disposal' of high level nuclear wastes in Cumbria. He has said: "I have similar views to you on nuclear as you know, and I've often thought it odd that a …
Month: September 2011
Cumbria Branded
Letter sent to Tim Farron MP by email today Dear Tim Cumbria is preparing a "Brand Protection Strategy" to protect it from a high level nuclear dump The best Brand Protection Strategy is to say NO to the geological disposal of high level nuclear wastes in a mine or mines as big as Lake …
Note to Cumbria Cabinet – Earthquakes and Huge Tunnel Boring Machines
Summary of Radiation Free Lakeland presentation to Cumbria County Council Cabinet meeting on 15th Sept 1. 2029 is DECC's date for the first wastes to be put in dump - only 15 years away - it would take over a decade to mine - the Channel Tunnel took around 10 years and that was not …
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Petition to Cumbria’s Cabinet – No Nuke Dump!
On thursday 15th September Radiation Free Lakeland will speak to the Cumbria County Council Cabinet meeting in Barrow and present a petition of 1530 signatures. The petition calls on Cumbria County Council and Copeland and Allerdale Borough Councils to halt the cleverly named Managing Radioactive Wastes Safely process. The MRWS process has one agenda: “steps …
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