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Nuclear waste call in cancelled

Nuclear waste call in cancelled
 this is the west country  13th January 2009

A call to look again at the possibility of storing nuclear waste in Cornwall has been scrapped.

Cornwall county council’s executive had decided that they would not look at what would be needed to host a nuclear waste facility in the county……………………

The move is being seen as a victory for people power after a groundswell of protest and anger at the suggestion the county could host the waste.

Leading members of the Liberal Democrats in Cornwall had also rejected the idea with Falmouth and Camborne MP Julia Goldsworthy saying the last thing Cornwall needed was nuclear waste on the doorstep.

She added there could be serious health risks……………….

The last time storing nuclear waste in the county had been raised there was huge public opposition.

In the early 1980s thousands of people marched in protest along with the then MP David Penhaligon when a nuclear dump was proposed at Gwithian. Tin mines across the area were being looked at as possible dumps but the proposal was eventually rejected.

Nuclear waste call in cancelled (From This is The West Country)

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January 14, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized