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MRWS Partnership. Disposal will happen - in Cumbria! The impression given is that disposal in Cumbria is a 'done deal' Transcripts of meetings around.

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1 MRWS Partnership

2 Disposal will happen - in Cumbria! The impression given is that disposal in Cumbria is a 'done deal' Transcripts of meetings around the country present a relatively rosy view of the situation Discussions by MRWS partnership e.g. re. operation of a GDF – are they too preemptive?

3 Fixed Unit Price & Funding issues What could Fixed Unit Price tie the MRWS into? Is it Pre-emptive of MRWS process?  Once decided it is 'fixed' for all time  Public and local authorities locked out of final discussions  Forces co-disposal of legacy and new build wastes  No benefits package included in modelling - yet it will add to burden in terms of (unknown) inventory and over time  Funding overall seems a little discussed issue – yet not certain either for R&D or GDF development or MRWS processes and communities

4 Planning – who has the final say? To date – voluntarism as the basis of involvement Planning in hands of Cumbria and local councils Changes being proposed – National Policy Statement and IPC process Clear from questions and answers to Energy and Climate Change Committee and PQ that views changing

5 Involvement of environmental NGOs ?  Questions about what the Partnership process really is:  Requirement for new build  Could be a case of ‘policy drift’  Dominated by a view favourable to the nuclear industry

6 Involvement of environmental NGOs?  What would be the purpose of NGO involvement?  What different models of involvement already exist?  How open is the Partnership to critique?  Rigour of argument is not the same as public acceptance


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