Cumbria is already home to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant on the Lake District's doorstep
A local authority panel has confirmed Cumbria’s rejection of plans to build a giant nuclear storage site in the Lake District.
Cumbria County Council’s cabinet decided to withdraw from the coalition Government’s search for a home for its proposed underground facility for high-level radioactive waste on 30 January.
The process could have seen two of the Lake District’s most unspoilt valleys, Ennerdale and Eskdale, in the running for the underground dump.
The county council’s environment scrutiny panel today upheld the original decision.
The panel reviewed the issue following a ‘call-in’ of the decision made last month.
But following presentations from the councillors who made the call-in, a response from the leader of the council Eddie Martin, and debate on the points raised, scrutiny panel members voted unanimously to uphold the original decision.
A spokesperson said: “As such Cumbria County Council’s position remains unchanged following today’s meeting.”
JBNBMN
19 February 2013M I S T A K E
A Walker
20 February 2013Mistake eh?
So they'd build it and everything works for a while.
Then one day it springs a leak.
Maybe caused by a minor earth tremour from the potential fracking in the morcambe area, and then the whole of the Lake District is a no-go zone and hundreds of square miles are off limits.
What would happen then? Livelihoods lost and the best walking in England will be off limits for generations to come.
If we use sellafield as an example, their safety record isn't exactly spotless.