FIGHT THE APPEAL!
Welcome to the Kings Cliffe Waste Watchers website.
This site has been set up to help keep you informed and up-to-date with the proposed dumping of nuclear waste in Kings Cliffe landfill site.
This is not just a local issue, it seems that this is the first site of its kind to take nuclear waste and if the site gets permission to go ahead the Government will be keen to offload more radioactive waste into landfill all over the country. It is therefore essential we understand the full implications of disposing of nuclear waste in landfill sites and act now, before it is too late.
See below for details
Breaking News
Augean accepts radwaste from olympic site
Following a request for information from Wastewatchers, the Environment Agency has confirmed that radioactive waste from the olympic site in East London has been deposited in Augean's landfill site at Thornhaugh less than two miles from the King's Cliffe dump. Under a law dating from the 1960's, such waste is judged to be exempt from radioactive legislation, and thus Augean does not require a permit.
The discovery of radioactive waste under the olympic site has been the subject of debate in the national press, and locals are concerned that Augean has not been transparent with its activities, especially given the sensitivity of its application to bury higher levels of radioactive waste in the area.
Huge profits from radwaste
A report by Edison Investment Research in March 2010 suggested that if Augean was to accept its full quota of radioactive waste, its profit from the King's Cliffe site would be in excess of £100 million per year. With an extension of ten years Augean could walk away with over £1.2 billion, leaving the local community with a legacy of hundreds of years of radioactive emissions.
Augean confirms it will apply for an extension.
In a Liaison Group meeting in King's Cliffe on 7th July 2010, Augean confirmed that it will apply for an extension to continue accepting radioactive waste in the King's Cliffe landfill for at least ten years after the expiry of the present application in 2013. It also announced plans to open up more cells in the western half of the site.
But in its Community Newsletter of August 2009, which it issued as part of its obligatory consultation process, Augean had stated "These proposals do not affect the geographical extent of the site or the date when the landfill is due to be complete, which is in 2013."
Wastewatchers believe that in announcing its future plans now, while the appeal process is in motion, Augean is going against its previous assurance which was designed to ease its application through the local planning stage.
This confirms the fears of many that this application will not mark the end of the matter, but is only a step along the way.
Posters
Below is a selection of posters for you to print off and display to show your backing for our campaign.
(As you cannot copy these pictures direct, the best way to grab them is click on one to enlarge it, then press the 'control 'and 'print screen' buttons on your keyboard simultaneously. Open a Word or Powerpoint document and 'paste' in the image. Then use your cropping tool to get rid of the unwanted stuff around the edges, and expand the poster to full size. Then print.)
Alternatively, contact us via this site and we will email you a JPEG.
Thank you for your support.
Help fight the appeal
- We need expert witnesses in planning, science, nuclear materials, and
all aspects covered by the application,.
- We need people to read the application and find anything on which
Augean can be challenged.
- We need letters written to your local MP.
- We need posters up in windows to alert people to what is going on.
- We need people to attend the Inquiry, if only to show a presence.
Please contact us via this site, or our facebook page, if you can help.
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Augean appeal date
As expected, Augean have appealed against the decision by Northamptonshire County Council to reject its application to dump Low Level Waste in the King's Cliffe landfill.
The Secretary of State, Eric Pickles, has called in the appeal as an issue of 'national significance'. This means that the Planning Inspector will report directly to him, and he (Eric Pickles) will decide.
The appeal will be heard at a public inquiry, starting on 26th October, 10.00am, venue to be confirmed. If you wish to speak you must be there on the first morning.
Safety fears at landfill site
Fears have been raised around the levels of security at the King's Cliffe landfill site following an intrusion by a pantomime horse. The animal appears to have breached the perimeter of the toxic dump, where waste company Augean are hoping to bury hundreds of thousands of tonnes of radioactive, nuclear waste, and cavorted unopposed around the site for up to an hour.
Augean have classed intrusion as the most dangerous scenario once the radioactive waste is buried.
Augean have no plans to build a fence around the site.
For a film of this event, click here
WE WON!
Northamptonshire County Council Development Control Committee, meeting on Tuesday 16th March, unanimously rejected Augean's application to dump Low Level Nuclear Waste in the King's Cliffe landfill.
Thank you to all our supporters.
Action Sunday!
Who's been in the news recently?
Why have these organisations been in the news recently?
- Health Protection Agency (HPA)
- Environment Agency (EA)
- International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
And what is their link with Augean and the landfill?
Click here to find out.
Villagers against the dump 27/09/09
For more pictures of the day, click here
