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So called “Improved” process for Cumbrian nuclear waste dump removes local right of veto

Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole 21st Jan 2021 Copeland “Working Group” along with Allerdale “Working Group” are ostensibly the “local support” for a Geological Disposal Facility in Cumbria. They are enthusiastically going along with the ‘new and improved’ process of steps towards Geological Disposal of Heat Generating
Nuclear wastes.
The last process was a bit of a “dogs dinner” (said pro nuclear George Monbiot who supports making ever more nuclear wastes by burning plutonium) in that it allowed Cumbria County Council to veto the plan and bring the whole process to a halt.
This time the process dumps any semblance of democracy with the County Council now having no “right of veto,” now anyone, anywhere can “express an interest” in “site selection” with a “test of public support” and Geological Disposal has been made a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (ie it can overrule local opposition in the “national interest”).

https://keepcumbriancoalinthehole.wordpress.com/2021/01/21/copeland-working-group-burying-heat-generating-nuclear-wastes-is-the-right-thing-to-do-no-it-isnt/

January 23, 2021 - Posted by | politics, UK, wastes

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