FAQs

2. Why should we even consider having a geological disposal facility here?

Around 70% of the country’s radioactive waste that is earmarked for disposal in a geological disposal facility is already stored at Sellafield. Allerdale Borough Council, Copeland Borough Council and Cumbria County Council have therefore started the early stages of this conversation with Government and have made ‘expressions of interest’ in the formal Government process.

Talking to the Government about having this site does not commit anyone to it. It would be well over a decade before any construction could start, and during agreed times the councils would have the right to withdraw from the process.

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