KEY TO MAP Allerdale Borough Council - Undecided* – mid blue Copeland Borough Council - Undecided* – light green Parishes for – dark green /eyed monster BGS exclusion zones – red cross-hatching National Park boundary – red line Partnership area (inc. offshore) – green line Parishes against – red * Borough Councils Allerdale and Copeland …
Month: March 2012
Nuclear Free Local Authorities Response to the CONsultation
"It is the NFLA view that, should the Cumbrian authorities move on to the next stage, the momentum in the process will be too great to allow withdrawal in future. Cumbria could, therefore end up not only with a disposal facility which takes all the spent fuel from new reactors, but also with more than …
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Blawith and Subberthwaite Say NO to Nuke Dump
Blawith and Subberthwaite Parish Council resolved (Item 12b - full Minutes on http://www.crake.org) to write to Copeland DC, Allerdale DC and Cumbria CC (cc. County Councillor Claire Salisbury) to convey general unease about the closeness of the proposed waste deposit sites to this parish, and to urge, because of the unsoundness of the geology, that …
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Gosforth Parish Council – Longlands Farm area says NO
GOSFORTH PARISH COUNCIL Response to MRWS Partnership Consultation OVERALL SUMMARY We have no confidence in the MRWS Partnership report for the following reasons: 1. Geology. With its steep hydraulic gradients, its faulted and complex geology, and its associated difficulties of rock characterisation West Cumbria is certainly not an obvious first choice for a Repository. The …
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Under this land…. Say NO and say it NOW!
Under this land it is planned to build the world's first waste dump for highly radioactive waste. Say No before 23 March 2012 Contact Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership Freepost RSKT-LTXU-HAYC, West Cumbria MRWS Partnership Copeland Borough Council, Copeland Centre, Catherine Street, Whitehaven CA28 7SJ or email contact@westcumbriamrws.org.uk Write, Phone, Email ...... e.g. the Lake …
Quakers Say NO to Nuke Dump in Cumbria
Me and my friends used to cycle past Swarthmoor Hall and scare ourselves, it looked spooky and derelict then to 6 year olds cycling down country lanes. Today it has been restored and is well known as the ‘Cradle of Quakerism’ because in the mid-17th Century it was the home of Judge Thomas Fell and …
Ambleside Nuclear-Dump Protest
A live art protest/awareness afternoon took place this afternoon in Ambleside organised by determined and imaginative students. Tourists and residents engaged with the students and signed letters to give to the Lakes Parish Council asking that no more steps are taken towards a 'geological' nuclear dump in Cumbria There are proposals to bury nuclear waste …
No “Willing Community” Here…
Millom Without and Whicham Parish Councils have joined the growing number of Greater Lakeland communities opposing any further toxic steps to a nuclear dump. Communities who oppose the government’s cunning plan for the dumping of weapons of mass destruction under Cumbrian earth are: South Lakeland District Council, Cockermouth Town Council, Cross Canonby, Threlkeld, Buttermere, Loweswater, …
Power to the Parishes…
South Lakeland District Council and Buttermere Parish Council have joined the growing number of Greater Lakeland communities opposing any further toxic steps to a nuclear dump. So, communities thus far who strongly oppose the government's cunning plan for the dumping of weapons of mass destruction under Cumbrian earth are: South Lakeland District Council, Cockermouth Town …
RADIATION FREE LAKELAND 