News and updates

Cumberland Council Leader, Mark Fryer, has asked that his letter to Whicham Parish Council regarding the GDF programme in Copeland be published on the Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership website: To:         The Clerk Whicham Parish Council Date:    24 June 2025   GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL FACILITY (GDF) Thank you for your letter of 11 June […]

The printed newsletter provides residents with information on geological disposal and the work of the Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership. You can also read it here: Mid Copeland_Issue_6 This sixth edition includes updates on Community Investment Funding awards to local projects and our work to start creating a community vision using all of the feedback you […]

Nuclear Waste Services have published an article with Professor Lucy Bailey, Chief of Disposal Safety at Nuclear Waste Services. Learn how Nuclear Waste Services is designing a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) to safely manage the UK’s most hazardous radioactive waste for the long term, using a multi-barrier approach deep underground. Read more on the NWS […]

THE PARTNERSHIP is holding two events for local businesses to come along and tell us what you think a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) could mean for the area. You can help create a Community Vision by letting us know what’s important to businesses in Gosforth electoral ward. Business lead for the Partnership, Yvonne Clarkson, said: […]

Around 30 people attended a Partnership drop-in to find out how to apply for Community Investment Funding. The ‘Meet the Funders’ event, in Gosforth Public Hall, also included representatives from Cumberland Council and Cumbria CVS (Council for Voluntary Service) to speak about their available grant funding. Some of the successful organisations awarded GDF Community Investment […]

Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership Update (November 2023 – October 2024) Andy Pratt, Partnership Chair, said: “Thanks to everyone we’ve spoken with over the past year, including those who took part in our annual residents’ survey. As we continue with our community vision work and share more information from NWS over this next year, keep […]

A drop-in event is being held for people to see how their organisation could apply for Community Investment Funding through Nuclear Waste Services’ Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme. The Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership is inviting people to find out more about the funding. We are also pleased to be joined by people already benefiting […]

This is a news release from Nuclear Waste Services NWS to take forward studies and investigations in these areas NWS has published Areas of Focus in the search to find a suitable site and a willing community to host a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). The areas are within the three communities currently involved in the […]

A total of 33 grant awards totalling £1million were made to local organisations during the third year that Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership has been part of the Geological Disposal Facility programme. This means the Community Partnership has now awarded £3million in three years to a variety of local projects as discussions progress around what […]

Excavated material is a subject which is often asked about. Iain Phimister, Senior Lead Engineering Manager for Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), attended a Community Partnership meeting and provided explanation. Here, Iain provides an overview of excavated material management for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). A GDF will be a significant piece of UK infrastructure with […]

People living in the Mid Copeland Search Area will have their GDF News delivered this week. The printed newsletter provides residents with information on geological disposal and the work of the Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership. You can also read it here: Mid Copeland_Issue 5 This fifth edition includes updates on our work to create […]

An important part of the journey towards a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is identifying potentially suitable sites. Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is currently gathering information to understand if the current Search Areas – in Mid Copeland and South Copeland in Cumbria and Theddlethorpe, in Lincolnshire – could be suitable to host a GDF. A Search Area is the […]