The low-level nuclear waste store at Drigg in West Cumbria will continue to operate despite fears the site will eventually be eroded by rising sea levels. The concern was raised in a document released ...

Britain’s nuclear dump in Cumbria is ‘virtually certain’ to leak radioactive waste and contaminate the coast, according to a report. Experts are concerned that the Drigg Low Level Waste Repository ...

A revised environmental permit has been issued to LLW Repository Limited allowing the continued disposal of low-level radioactive wastes at the UK's national repository for such wastes at Drigg in ...

Following this month's intense rainfall in the north of England an Environment Agency alert has highlighted the flood risk to the crumbling nuclear waste dump adjoining Sellafield in Cumbria, writes ...

Common ringed plover and oystercatcher birds are known to nest along the beach from Sellafield to Drigg Fence posts have been put up to protect beach-nesting birds along a stretch of coast where they ...

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A contract to manage and operate the Drigg low-level waste repository has been awarded to the UK Nuclear Waste Management consortium by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The UK Nuclear ...

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Plans for a holiday site in a remote west Cumbrian village have been given the go-ahead, despite objections from locals. The scheme will transform a woodland area in Drigg into a holiday spot with ...

The low-level nuclear waste store at Drigg in West Cumbria will continue to operate despite fears the site will eventually be eroded by rising sea levels. The concern was raised in a document released ...