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  • 2021 Latest
    • Anniversary of the momentous Cumbria County Council “no to a GDF” decision.
      • Geological Disposal Infrastructure (formerly known as Geological Disposal Facility) BEIS report published
    • The Lake District’s World Heritage Site status may be at risk
      • Cumbria Trust challenges the geological screening exercise.
        • Cumbria Trust’s response to the draft national policy statement (NPS) consultation document.
        • Too many questions left unanswered…
        • Cumbria Trust’s response to the BEIS consultation “Working With Communities”
        • Sweden’s problem is also our problem…
        • The “Working With Communities” consultation – we have serious concerns
          • Sellafield, Britain’s Nuclear Heartland…
            • Here we go again…
              • The Swedish Environmental Court’s NO to the final repository for spent nuclear fuel
        • A little bit like “Groundhog Day”…
          • Nuclear Free Local Authority (NFLA) Media Release – 24th January 2018
        • 2018 and the GDF is back in the news
        • Further to yesterday’s Tim Knowles post
        • A change of view for Tim Knowles…
        • 2018 and the GDF is back in the news
        • GDF – New search likely next year
      • 2018 “It would certainly be possible to put waste under the Lake District”
  • The Trust
    • Action – What Can I Do?
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    • Aims
      • Aims and Objectives – detailed
  • Technical
    • Geology
      • Offshore West Cumbria ~ A Potential GDF Location
      • Offshore Teesside ~ A Potential GDF
      • Why does geology matter?
      • So they don’t know enough about the geology? West Cumbria Mining thinks otherwise
    • Interim Storage
    • The Swedish KBS-3 Repository Concept
    • FAQ
    • FAQ Page 2
    • Frequently used acronyms and abbreviations
  • CT Board
  • Acronyms
  • Archive
    • 2019-02-09 Letter re Border TV report
    • 2018 Correspondence
      • Has the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management lost its independence?
      • CT’s robust response to Lord Henley
      • Lord Henley’s letter to Eddie Martin
      • Follow up letter to the county’s peers following Prof Livens’ “remarkable statement” on Radio Cumbria
      • Eddie Martin’s letter to the county’s peers
      • Tim Knowles “Paltry payback on offer for dealing with waste” letter to The Whitehaven News
      • David (Smythe) is challenging Goliath (Glasgow University)
      • Rod Donington-Smith to The Times July 2016
      • Letter from Eddie Martin to David Newall (Glasgow University)
      • CT’s letter to Glasgow University in support of David Smythe
      • Cumbria Trust’s response to the RWM National Geological Screening Guidance consultation
      • To the Whitehaven News from Cumbria Trust Director Colin Wales
    • The Solway Plain
    • December 2012 The SPAND (Solway Plain Against Nuclear Dump) Campaign
    • September 2012 (pre SPAND)
    • NIREX
    • DECC – Implementing Geological Disposal: Working with Communities
    • Eddie Martin’s (former Cumbria CC leader) response to the 2015 Call for Evidence – Working with Communities
    • Gosforth Parish response to the 2015 Call for Evidence – Working with Communities
    • Infrastructure Planning (Radioactive Waste Geological Disposal Facilities) Order 2015
    • Correspondence Archive
      • 23/7/2015 John Dunn (former SPAND member) to the Solway Buzz
      • Rod Donington-Smith’s letter to IRP chairman Prof. Chris Hawkesworth
      • 15/7/2015 Letter to Ben Webster (The Times Environmental Editor)
      • “Ten years ago today (6/7/2015) I joined a group of nuclear security and terrorism experts…”
      • NDA email response to Colin Wales following his FOI request
      • Letter from CT to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee
      • Private: Geological Expertise and Conflicts of Interest
      • 27/11/2014 Letter from Eddie Martin to NDA chairman Stephen Henwood
      • 5/11/2014 Letter from Eddie Martin to Stephen Henwood (NDA)
      • 11/11/2014 Response from NDA chairman Stephen Henwood to CT chairman Eddie Martin

Letters

Cumbria Trust’s robust response to Lord Henley

Lord Henley’s reply to Eddie Martin’s letter to the peers

Eddie Martin’s follow-up letter following Prof Livens interview on Radio Cumbria 

 

Eddie Martin’s letter to the county’s peers

John Wilson to the Newspaper Editors

Eddie Martin to Mark Higson

Eddie Martin’s Letter to Ed Davey January 2013

The Guardian

Whitehaven News

Keswick Reminder

News and Star

Times and Star

Daily Telegraph

BBC Inside Out Producer Ed Hanson

Margaret Hodge MP

Tim Farron

CT-M

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    • Letter to The Keswick Reminder October 22, 2021
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    • Allerdale Working Group descends into chaos – Eddie Martin responds August 31, 2021
    • Lake District under threat as Allerdale Working Group goes back on its word! August 23, 2021
    • GDF – LDNP Back in the mix? August 21, 2021
    • GDF – 12 dates for drop-in events around Allerdale July 23, 2021
    • Lies, Damned Lies, and Survey Statistics… July 2, 2021
    • Is Silloth and the Solway Plain the target once again? June 12, 2021
    • Eddie Martin – Cumbria County Council “NO GDF!” 8th anniversary January 30, 2021
    • Allerdale finds itself back in the nuclear disposal firing line January 15, 2021
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