Save the Whale and the Snail of the Irish Sea from Nuclear Dump “Investigations”

Join us to Protect the Whale and the Snail of the Irish Sea join us in delivering the petition and give a voice to the voiceless marine life.   A petition of  nearly 55,000 signatures will be delivered to the Marine Management Organisation office on Whitehaven Harbour.   “Investigations” are now taking place undemocratically over the heads of the public to look at using the geology of the Irish Sea as a high level nuclear waste dump.   Incredibly the boss of the first deep coal mine in the UK in 30 years is advising UK Government on “investigation techniques, costings and construction” for a deep hot nuclear dump next to his offshore coal mine.   Seismic blasting commissioned by Nuclear Waste Services took place last August with damaging impacts upon the amazing creatures that call the Irish Sea home, from Minke Whales, Harbour Porpoise, Dolphins to Plankton.  All are invited to join us in delivering the petition and give a voice to the voiceless marine life.  We will meet at the entrance to Queens Dock, Whitehaven Harbour at 12pm to launch the “world’s smallest comic on the worlds most long lasting man-made wastes.”   We will then make our way to hand in the 55,000 signature petition to the Marine Management Organisation  who allowed the seismic blasting to take place and who we are urging to halt further “investigations” including very deep boreholes into the fragile seabed for a deep and very hot high level waste nuclear dump under the Irish Sea.   Petition hand-over at 1pm

Marine Management Organisation

Fish Hall
North Harbour
North Shore
Whitehaven
Cumbria
CA28 7XY

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Nuclear Waste Services (under the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) have been looking at the deep disposal of hot nuclear wastes. Under the Irish Sea is being actively considered. Seismic testing is preparation for: “Delivery of a Geological Disposal Facility.”  The CEO of West Cumbria Mining (currently focussed on coal) is advising Government on the digging of an enormous vault (or two) of 25km square beneath the seabed.  These vaults would be used to “dispose” of nuclear wastes and this seismic survey is the opening salvo in the quest for sub-sea “disposal” of heat generating nuclear wastes.

WHO DECIDED? There has been no public consultation or vote, Nuclear Waste Services, Radioactive Waste Management, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the Marine Management Organisation and the handful of people on the Mid-Copeland “Community Partnership”(who do not represent the public ) decided to green light the plan over the heads of the public.  Shearwater GeoServices were contracted to carry out the seismic survey using blasts of sound every five seconds during August.  There have been recorded deaths of harbour porpoise, dolphins, seals and mass strandings of jellyfish (food source of leatherback turtles) during and following the period of intense seismic blasting.

WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? Not only creatures like whales, dolphins and seals in the Irish Sea are harmed, but everything down to tiny shellfish and even plankton are impacted. Effects from blasting, can cause  deafness to marine life and impair ability to navigate and find food.   The Irish Sea is a Marine Protected Zone because of its wealth of biodiversity and vulnerable species but even this protection has not blocked the ambitions of the nuclear industry.

In a double whammy twist the harbour of Whitehaven has been impacted by the reactivation of old mine workings spewing heavy metals including cadmium into the Irish Sea and turning the harbour water red.  The authorities have, they say,  no clue why this has happened but a catalyst may well be the miles of investigative coal mine boreholes carried out by West Cumbria Mining above Whitehaven. The boss of WCM is advising UK Government on “investigation techniques” for the nuclear dump.    Save the marine life of the Irish Sea!

Help spread the word by signing and sharing our petition at https://www.change.org/p/save-the-whale-and-the-snail-stop-nuclear-waste-services-blasting-the-irish-sea

Learn more about us here: https://www.lakesagainstnucleardump.com/

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