There has been extensive national, regional and trade media coverage of the Government’s announcement of two public consultations on siting a GDF. Key points to note:
Known coverage is listed below, separating UK/England reporting from Wales. Most of the regional media coverage comes from the newswires, so is much the same in each story. We highlight where a journalist or media outlet has taken a specific ‘tack’ or addressed a particular aspect of the policy which is different from the general coverage.
UK/England:
Britain looking for sites to host radioactive waste
Government search begins for towns willing to have a radioactive waste site in their backyard
Communities offered £1m a year to host nuclear waste dump
Host a nuclear waste dump for £42m
Times focuses on the so-called ‘Local Authority veto’, and the new proposals emphasis on a test of wider public support rather than leaving decision-making solely to the local authority.
New bid to find UK site for nuclear waste disposal
UK to offer £1m a year to any community that will host a radioactive waste facility
New bid to find UK site for nuclear waste disposal
Would you accept £1million a year to store Hinkley Point radioactive waste in your community?
New bid to find UK site for nuclear waste disposal
New attempt to find a site for nuclear waste disposal
People to have say on future plans for geological disposal facility
Local communities to give views on permanent disposal of radioactive waste
New bid to find UK site for nuclear waste disposal
Nuclear industry body welcomes start of geological disposal facility consultations
Local perspective, noting that any decision likely to be local referendum rather than a being local authority decision. Reports that the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will be focusing on the issue.
People to have say on future plans for geological disposal facility
People to have say on future plans for geological disposal facility
New bid to find UK site for nuclear waste disposal
New bid to find UK site for nuclear waste disposal
Britain hunts for radioactive waste sites
UK Set to Give £1m Per Year to Communities That Will Host a Radioactive Waste Facility
Government sets out local funding and referendum measures to boost search for nuclear waste site
National Policy Statement For Geological Disposal Infrastructure: Consultation
Communities offered £2.5m a year nuclear waste disposal incentive
Underground nuclear waste facility proposals move forward
Underground location sought by UK to store nuclear waste long term
Britain looking for sites to host radioactive waste
UK opens debate on geological disposal of radwaste
New bid to find UK site for nuclear waste disposal: Local communities will be given more of a say on whether they want to host a site to dispose of radioactive waste
New attempt to find site for nuclear waste disposal
Wales:
Nuclear waste storage ‘will not be forced’ on any area
Welsh communities asked if they’ll accept nuclear waste
Don’t panic! Nuclear waste bunker will not be forced on anyone, government says
North Wales villages and towns offered millions of pounds to store nuclear waste
Anglesey must not be a nuclear waste dumping ground
New bid to find UK site for nuclear waste disposal
Communities in Wales offered up to £2.5m a year to host radioactive waste burial site
Welsh Volunteers Needed to Store Nuclear Waste for 250,000 Years