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Campaigning against a GDF in Cumbria and for safer interim storage of legacy waste.
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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
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    • Aims
      • Aims and Objectives – detailed
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    • 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

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Interim Storage

 

The KBS-3 Repository Project

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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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