User:Torquilb/West Cumbria MRWS Partneship

West Cumbria MRWS Partnership is an advisory body set up to make recommendations to Allerdale Borough Council, Copeland Borough Council and Cumbria County Council on whether or not they should participate in the siting process for a nuclear waste disposal facility, "without commitment to eventually host a facility".

Overview
to come

MRWS
Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) is the name of the Government process looking for a way to manage the UK's higher activity radioactive waste. The Department Of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) discribe this as one which:


 * ensures the long term protection of people and the environment
 * does this in an open and transparent way
 * is based on sound science
 * uses public monies effectively

Current membership includes:
Allerdale Borough Council (also on Steering Group)

Barrow Borough Council (also on Steering Group)

Copeland Borough Council (also on Steering Group)

Cumbria Association of Local Councils (also on Steering Group)

Cumbria County Council (also on Steering Group)

Chamber of Commerce (Cumbria)

Eden District Council

GMB Union (also on Steering Group)

Lake District National Park Authority

National Farmers Union

Nuclear Legacy Advisory Forum (a UK Local Authority representative group)

Prospect Union

South Lakes District Council

West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group (also on Steering Group)

West Cumbria Strategic Partnership (also on Steering Group)

Observing Members include:
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Environment Agency

Isle of Man Government

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Nuclear Installations Inspectorate

Others invited include:
Greenpeace

Friends of the Earth West Cumbria

CORE (Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment)

Carlisle City Council

Independent Facilitation
The Partnership is independently facilitated by 3KQ Ltd.

3KQ is a company that helps organisations engage the public and stakeholders around the contentious issues within the environmental sector.