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Two Community Partnerships formed to look at a Geological Disposal Facility
Published: 14/10/2021
TWO Community Partnerships will be formed in Copeland after the council agreed to move forward to the next stage in the process to search for a possible site to host a Geological Disposal Facility.
Copeland Borough Council’s Executive voted today to continue to represent the communities identified as Search Areas going forward in the process.
Copeland makes final shortlist to house prototype reactor at Moorside
Published: 14/10/2021
NEWS that the Moorside site has progressed to the final shortlist in the bid to find a host for the UK’s large scale prototype nuclear fusion power plant has been welcomed by Copeland Borough Council.
Moorside, next to the Sellafield nuclear site, was nominated in March for consideration in the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) national siting competition.