nuclear-news

Theddlethorpe nuclear waste site: Informed decision needed, says council.

 Residents must be clear about plans to build a nuclear waste site in their
village before deciding on them, a council leader has said.

A former gas terminal in Theddlethorpe, near Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire, was announced
as a possible location for an underground disposal facility in 2021. A
public vote on whether to approve the plans may not take place until 2027.

Craig Leyland of East Lindsey District Council said it was “critical”
voters made an “informed decision”. The proposal by Nuclear Waste Services
– formerly known as Radioactive Waste Management – for a Geological
Disposal Facility (GDF) would see nuclear waste from the UK being stored
underneath up to 1,000m of solid rock until its radioactivity had naturally
decayed.

The plans have “had a detrimental effect on physical and mental
health” of residents, according to Travis Hesketh, an Independent Group
councillor at East Lindsey District Council. He called for a review into
residents’ views on the GDF at a meeting on Wednesday, the Local Democracy
Reporting Service said.

 BBC 14th Dec 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-67716286

December 17, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK, wastes