LEADING councillors in Allerdale are calling for the Government to be clear on its energy and nuclear policy as plans for a underground nuclear waste store are revived. Members of Allerdale council’s executive committee made the comments at a meeting on Friday when considering an official response to a consultation launched by Radioactive Waste Management – an organisation established by the Government to plan and deliver the nuclear waste store. The consultation is about the process the Government’s organisation intends to follow to identify a site for the multi-million Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). But Labour councillors sitting on the executive, said the Government needed to be clear about what its plans are for the future of energy and nuclear in the country. The response agreed by the committee said: “On the basis of our MRWS experience alone, the argument that all communities are equal falls down and yet, six years later, you have launched a new process that pretends the UK is starting with a blank piece of paper. We believe that what is needed is a more strategic discussion around all the nuclear related challenges the UK is facing, how those challenges might impact on Sellafield and the Low Level Waste Repository and how we might secure the maximum benefit for this community going forward. We remain disappointed, not to mention confused, that such a discussion is not supported by those responsible within Government and the nuclear industry”
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