NUCLEAR POWER - CONCERNS OVER RADIOACTIVE WASTE BURIAL IN THE LAKE DISTRICT

NUCLEAR POWER - CONCERNS OVER RADIOACTIVE WASTE BURIAL IN THE LAKE DISTRICT

1. "dangerous and economically damaging"

2. Fears about losing nuclear industry jobs need to be balanced by potentially disastarous effects on tourism

3. Geologists say the areas complex rock strata is "cracked and leaky" and isn't suitable for storing radioactive material

   • Rock fractures
   • Aquifers
   • Porous strata

4. Risk to Lake Districts brand image and to communities who rely on the brand

5. Concern over the 9231 jobs at Sellafield but tourism is the biggest industry

6. For every job lost by rejecting burial plan, more could be created for proper on site, shorter term storage