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| Protests spread on Cumbria nuclear waste dump plan | Protests spread on Cumbria nuclear waste dump plan |
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| Here's more on the growing concern that nuclear waste burial could be considered within the borders of the Lake District national park, following Cumbria Tourism's stand against the prospect earlier this week. | Here's more on the growing concern that nuclear waste burial could be considered within the borders of the Lake District national park, following Cumbria Tourism's stand against the prospect earlier this week. |
| A meeting in Keswick saw all but three of 500 present vote against the idea of pursuing research in Ennerdale and Eskdale, one of the few areas of stable geology in West Cumbria, the home of the Sellafield nuclear complex. | A meeting in Keswick saw all but three of 500 present vote against the idea of pursuing research in Ennerdale and Eskdale, one of the few areas of stable geology in West Cumbria, the home of the Sellafield nuclear complex. |
| As well as being in the national park, the lonely valley is the subject of an experiment called Wild Ennerdale which has barred all traffic apart from a few forestry trucks and the Land Rover which services remote Black Sail youth hostel. Even the latter has been limited to the minimum possible number of journeys to sustain the many walkers to whom it is a shrine. | As well as being in the national park, the lonely valley is the subject of an experiment called Wild Ennerdale which has barred all traffic apart from a few forestry trucks and the Land Rover which services remote Black Sail youth hostel. Even the latter has been limited to the minimum possible number of journeys to sustain the many walkers to whom it is a shrine. |
| You can read about the Guardian Northerner's weekend there last November, here, and a post from its recent wardens Suzanna Brett and Martin Lyne here. | You can read about the Guardian Northerner's weekend there last November, here, and a post from its recent wardens Suzanna Brett and Martin Lyne here. |
| Ennerdale is to see a protest walk about the nuclear issue on Saturday week, 26 January, along the route which would be used by trucks and surveyors if preliminary research was to be carried out at the foot of the valley. Public meetings on the Cumbrian coast in November were shocked by the potential scale of this, as you can read here. | Ennerdale is to see a protest walk about the nuclear issue on Saturday week, 26 January, along the route which would be used by trucks and surveyors if preliminary research was to be carried out at the foot of the valley. Public meetings on the Cumbrian coast in November were shocked by the potential scale of this, as you can read here. |
| But the hypotheses remain speculative and in any case await the crunch meeting on 30 January of the three local authorities which have to decide whether to agree to further investigation of the possibilities of an underground store. Following the withdrawal of local authorities in Kent from the process, Cumbria county, Allerdale and Copeland are the only councils still expressing interest. The nuclear industry is of huge importance to the local economy, with over 9000 people directly employed at Sellafield and many more in dependent jobs. You can check out the background on the website of the West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership here. The Northerner also ran a precis which is here. | But the hypotheses remain speculative and in any case await the crunch meeting on 30 January of the three local authorities which have to decide whether to agree to further investigation of the possibilities of an underground store. Following the withdrawal of local authorities in Kent from the process, Cumbria county, Allerdale and Copeland are the only councils still expressing interest. The nuclear industry is of huge importance to the local economy, with over 9000 people directly employed at Sellafield and many more in dependent jobs. You can check out the background on the website of the West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership here. The Northerner also ran a precis which is here. |
| The three-mile Ennerdale protest walk starts at midday from Bowness Knott car park, where most walkers set off on the four mile hike to Black Sail, and takes in the timeless foothills of Steeple and Pillar fells as well as the modern location of filming for Danny Boyle's 2002 film 28 Days Later. Campaigners intend to carry out a modest recreation of the movie's final dramatic scenes. More details on the event are online here. | The three-mile Ennerdale protest walk starts at midday from Bowness Knott car park, where most walkers set off on the four mile hike to Black Sail, and takes in the timeless foothills of Steeple and Pillar fells as well as the modern location of filming for Danny Boyle's 2002 film 28 Days Later. Campaigners intend to carry out a modest recreation of the movie's final dramatic scenes. More details on the event are online here. |
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