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'Nuclear waste? No thanks,' say Lake District national park tourism chiefs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/16/cumbria-tourism-chiefs-oppose-nuclear-waste-burial
Ennerdale Water in the Lake District national park. Ennerdale valley is a potential site for a nuclear waste dump. Photograph: Alamy
Cumbria's tourism board has joined the growing clamour against any further research into the burying of nuclear power station waste within the borders of the Lake District national park.
The board – which oversees the park, the county's largest earner and one of the most-visited group of attractions in the UK – has also stated its strong opposition to investigations in the Solway Coast area of outstanding natural beauty on the West Cumbrian side of the famous lakes and fells.
Eric Robson, chair of Cumbria Tourism, has written to Baroness Verma, the junior energy minister handling the controversial issue.
He told her the board remains neutral on the overall question of burying waste in Cumbria, pending detailed investigations which are under way.
