Useful Links
Please see below for a series of links that were relevant during the course of the Partnership’s work.
Partnership members
Allerdale Borough Council
Allerdale Borough Council is one of the three councils that made an Expression of Interest in the MRWS process. It represents people living in the north of West Cumbria, including the towns of Workington, Maryport, Cockermouth, Keswick, Wigton and Silloth.
Copeland Borough Council
www.copeland.gov.uk
Copeland Borough Council is one of the three councils that made an Expression of Interest in the MRWS process. It represents people living in the south of West Cumbria from Millom up to Whitehaven, and includes towns and villages such as Egremont, Cleator Moor and Seascale.
Cumbria County Council
www.cumbria.gov.uk
Cumbria County Council represents the interests of people living across the whole of Cumbria. It made an Expression of Interest in this process on behalf of West Cumbria.
Cumbria Association of Local Councils (CALC)
www.calc.org.uk
The Cumbria Association of Local Councils represents the majority of town and parish councils in Cumbria.
Lake District National Park Authority
www.lakedistrict.gov.uk
The Lake District National Park Authority represents the public interest and the National Park’s development locally, regionally and nationally.
National Farmers Union (NFU)
www.nfuonline.com
The National Farmers Union is a trade association financed by members' subscriptions. The largest farming organisation in the UK, it provides a strong and respected voice for the industry to support the needs of its members locally, nationally and internationally.
Barrow Borough Council
www.barrowbc.gov.uk
Barrow Borough Council represents the people and communities of the borough.
Carlisle City Council
South Lakeland District Council
www.southlakeland.gov.uk
South Lakeland District Council represents the people and communities of the district.
Eden District Council
www.eden.gov.uk
Eden District Council represents the people and communities of the district.
Cumbria Chamber of Commerce
www.cumbriachamber.co.uk
Cumbria Chamber of Commerce is a business support and networking organisation representing small, medium and larger corporate organisations.
Churches Together in Cumbria
www.churchestogethercumbria.co.uk
Churches Together in Cumbria is a forum in which all the various churches in Cumbria can come together to work towards common goals.
GMB
www.gmb.org.uk
GMB is one of the unions representing workers at Sellafield.
Prospect
www.prospect.org.uk
Prospect is one of the unions representing workers at Sellafield.
Unite
www.unitetheunion.org.uk
Prospect is one of the unions representing workers at Sellafield.
Nuclear Legacy Advisory Forum (NuLeAF)
www.nuleaf.org.uk
Under the auspices of the Local Government Association, NuLeAF seeks to build capacity within local government to engage effectively with nuclear legacy management, and works to represent the views of member local authorities to national bodies.
Cumbria Tourism
www.cumbriatourism.org
Cumbria Tourism is the official tourist board for Lake District, Cumbria. Its mission is to create a world class visitor experience, through effective marketing, proactive sustainable tourism development and relevant industry services.
Observing members of the Partnership
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM)
www.corwm.org.uk
CoRWM provides independent scrutiny and advice to the Government and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on proposals, plans and programmes for delivering geological disposal of radioactive waste (including robust interim storage) as the long-term management of the UK’s higher activity wastes.
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
www.decc.gov.uk
The Department of Energy and Climate Change is the Government department with responsibility for nuclear issues, including geological disposal, and funds the West Cumbria MRWS Partnership.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)
www.nda.gov.uk
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is the implementing organisation that is responsible for planning and delivering a geological disposal facility.
Environment Agency
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/sectors/111766.aspx
As the nuclear industry regulator on environmental matters, the Environment Agency is responsible for making sure that any future geological facility in England and Wales meets the required high standards for protecting people and the environment when it is being developed, while it is operating and after it is closed.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/
The Office for Nuclear Regulation's mission is to secure the protection of people and society from the hazards of the nuclear industry. It was formed on 1st April 2011 as an agency of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and is responsible for all nuclear sector regulation across the UK.
West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group (WCSSG)
http://www.wcssg.co.uk/
The West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group is an independent body whose role is to provide public scrutiny of the nuclear industry in West Cumbria by providing an active, two-way channel of communication between the site operators, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and local stakeholders. WCSSG were initially full members of the Partnership but changed their status to Observing Member in June 2011.
Other organisations involved in this process
3KQ Ltd
www.3kq.co.uk
3KQ Ltd were the independent facilitators and convenors of the West Cumbria MRWS Partnership.
Osprey Communications
www.ospreycommunications.co.uk/
Osprey Communications were the communications advisers for the West Cumbria MRWS Partnership.
Wood Holmes
http://www.woodholmes.co.uk/
Wood Holmes were the independent evaluators of the West Cumbria MRWS Partnership.
Selection of organisations with alternative views about geological disposal and the MRWS process
Friends of the Earth
www.foe.co.uk
Environmental campaigning group.
Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org.uk
Environmental campaigning group.
Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (CORE)
www.corecumbria.co.uk
Environmental campaigning group.
Radiation Free Lakeland
web.mac.com/mariannebirkby1/iWeb/Radiation%20Free%20Lakeland/Radiation%20Free%20Lakeland%20.html
Environmental campaigning group.
Nuclear Waste Advisory Associates
www.nuclearwasteadvisory.co.uk
Nuclear waste information group.
Solway Plain Against Nuclear Dump (SPAND)
http://groupspaces.com/SPAND/
Campaign group of residents of Silloth and the surrounding area.
Save Our Lake District – Don’t Dump Cumbria!
http://mrwsold.org.uk/
Campaign group.
Other sources of information on geological disposal and radioactive waste
Please note that the accuracy of the information on these websites cannot be guaranteed.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_geological_repository
Cumbrian news links
Border Tyne Tees
www.itv.com/border
The ITV regional news station covering most of Cumbria.
BBC Look North
www.bbc.co.uk/looknorth
The BBC regional news station covering the north of Cumbria including most of Copeland and Allerdale.
BBC North West Tonight
www.bbc.co.uk/northwesttonight
The BBC regional news station covering the South of Cumbria including parts of Copeland.
BBC Radio Cumbria
www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria
Local radio station covering the whole of Cumbria.
The Whitehaven News
www.whitehaven-news.co.uk
Weekly newspaper covering most of Copeland.
The Times & Star
www.timesandstar.co.uk
Weekly newspaper covering a large part of Allerdale.
The News & Star
www.newsandstar.co.uk
Daily newspaper covering most of West and North Cumbria.
The Cumberland News
www.cumberlandnews.co.uk
Weekly newspaper covering most of West and North Cumbria.
The Cumberland & Westmorland Herald
www.cwherald.com
Weekly newspaper covering much of East Cumbria including Keswick and Penrith.
The North West Evening Mail
www.nwemail.co.uk
Daily paper covering south Cumbria including Barrow.
The Westmorland Gazette
www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
Weekly paper covering the South Lakes including Kendal.