Battle for soul of the Lakes pits unspoilt nature against the lure of more...
As a crucial decision on nuclear dumping looms, Cumbria’s people are divided over the best way to secure their future – and that of the national park [...] The next potential threat is a decision on...
View ArticleLaw could force nuclear waste on Cumbria via The Independent
Despite the county council voting against a storage site, the Government may have the power to impose a facility on the region A nuclear waste dump may still be sited in Cumbria despite a decision by...
View ArticleNuclear storage clean-up bill could cost £70bn via The Independent
Britain is storing an “extraordinary accumulation of hazardous nuclear waste” in “outdated facilities” which will cost nearly £70bn to clean up, MPs have warned the Government. Almost all of the major...
View ArticleSellafield to be prosecuted for sending radioactive waste to wrong disposal...
Environment Agency takes nuclear firm to court after waste went to landfill instead of Drigg site Sellafield has pleaded guilty to sending several bags of radioactive waste to the wrong facility,...
View ArticleWe don’t need nuclear power to meet climate goals and keep the lights on via...
It would be a folly to think that there is no hope of tackling climate change without nuclear power Making the case for new nuclear this week, George Monbiot admitted that, what with the proposed...
View ArticleCumbrian nuclear waste vote marred by allegations of scare tactics via...
Baroness Verma promises to ‘look very carefully’ at allegations councillors may have faced intimidation ahead of vote on radioactive waste disposal facility The decision by Cumbria Council to block...
View ArticleSellafield workers call for ‘sustained investment’ via BBC
Sellafield nuclear plant workers have launched a campaign to attract fresh investment to the site. They are calling for a new nuclear power station in the area and the possible reuse of plutonium...
View ArticleCutting-edge nuclear research facility to open in Cumbria via Nuclear...
The University of Manchester’s Dalton Nuclear Institute will officially open its Cumbrian research facility on Friday, September 6. The Dalton Cumbrian Facility (DCF) is a new research base established...
View ArticleContaminated Sellafield chimney to be dismantled via Financial Times
The site of Britain’s worst nuclear accident is being cleaned up after more than 50 years, a symbolic step forward in the country’s struggle to deal with its nuclear legacy while planning a new...
View ArticleCumbrian nuclear dump ‘virtually certain’ to be eroded by rising sea levels...
One million cubic metres of waste near Sellafield are housed at a site that was a mistake, admits Environment Agency Britain’s nuclear dump is virtually certain to be eroded by rising sea levels and to...
View ArticleTo dump nuclear waste, first they must dump democracy! via Ecologist
In the last act of the dying Parliament, MPs quietly voted to dump democratic planning processes to expedite a ‘facility’ for the high level nuclear waste in geologically fractured Cumbria, writes...
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