The Government's optimistic newly branded 'Great British Nuclear' requires a big hole to get shot of the existing and planned future nuclear wastes. A more accurate label would be 'Great British Nuclear Scam'. Government is being helped enormously in its nuclear ambitions from all angles including the cheery climate guru Mike Berners Lee who is …
Dear Friends sorry the news is grim - this is the latest Press Release just sent to media - will they publish ? Or like Copeland Borough Council airbrush away this ongoing criminality which would end with a heat generating nuclear dump under the Irish Sea. Have included here a photo of live Harbour Porpoise …
Continue reading Dead Marine Life and Lies Over Seismic Complaint
Image: George Monbiot Nukiller Greenwash Award 2022 - Copeland and Allerdale Borough Councils Dear Copeland and Allerdale Borough Councillors, To mark the anniversary of the 1957 Windscale [ Sellafield ] fire in Cumbria, the Close Capenhurst Campaign and Radiation Free Lakeland have awarded the second George Monbiot Nukiller Greenwashing Award to Copeland and Allerdale Borough …
Photo by Ella Wei on Pexels.com On the Gov.UK website there is a triumphant message: "NWS’ first marine geophysical survey off the coast of Copeland, Cumbria, was successfully completed on 18 August. This non-intrusive survey has gathered data to provide a better understanding of the deep geology and supports the search to find a suitable …
The "wonderful fish" described in Harper's Weekly on 24 October 1868, was likely the remains of a basking shark. Harper's Weekly - Ellis, R. 1994. Monsters of the Sea. Robert Hale Ltd. Basking Shark are just one of the "protected" species in the Irish Sea that would be impacted by the seismic blasting plan. This is the letter received yesterday …
On Tues 12th July the Executive of Copeland Borough Council will discuss the Petition of over 48,000 signatures to Save the Whale and the Snail and stop Nuclear Waste Services Seismic Blasting of the Irish Sea. Join us in a Demo outside the Copeland Centre, Catherine St, Whitehaven CA28 7SJ from 9am We have the …
Letter published in the News and Star 23rd January 2022 News and Star - Letter OXFORDSHIRE is home to a government body lavishing millions of pounds on small villages and towns in Cumbria. These pretty villages on the Lakeland fringe, such as Beckermet and Gosforth, have been signed up to a “Community Partnership” for the …
Continue reading Why Hasn’t Oxfordshire Been Given the Opportunity to Store(Dump) Nuclear Waste
Last weeks letter in the Whitehaven News by Tim Knowles hits the nail on the head repeatedly. All the more remarkable given that Mr Knowles was the Chair of the West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership ( MRWS) as executive member for the environment at Cumbria County Council. Since that time MRWS has dropped …
Continue reading “Dump and Forget” Long Lived Wastes in the Land that Time Forgot….
From the Westmorland Gazette 1st July 2021 Dear Editor, Under the new and unjust rules of the ongoing nuclear dump game, anyone anywhere can volunteer a place for an above and below ground Geological Disposal Facility for heat generating nuclear wastes. The area of Ghyll Scaur quarry was put forward by Parish Councillor of Bootle, …
Continue reading Letter from Lakes Against Nuclear Dump Published in Local Press
There is a letter in yesterday's Whitehaven News from a Copeland Borough Council councillor which asks the Question: "I WONDER how many people would continue to support the proposed coal mine if it turned out that the main reason for such a venture was to create a Geological Disposal Facility for high level nuclear waste? …
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