Graham has this afternoon written to the Minister for Nuclear and Renewables to request confirmation that, now the East Riding of Yorkshire Councillors have made clear their opposition to continuing discussions with NWS regarding a possible site for the GDF in south Holderness, NWS will withdraw.
Earlier today, Graham welcomed the approval of Cllrs Sean McMaster and Lyn Healing’s Motion to Full Council to withdraw from the Geological Waste Facility (GDF) talks with Nuclear Waste Services (NWS).
The South East Holderness Councillors laid the Motion calling for the Council to withdraw from discussions with NWS following extensive discussions with residents, who made clear their opposition to the proposals to store the UK’s nuclear waste hundreds of metres below south Holderness.
Since the announcement that NWS was exploring south Holderness as a potential site for the GDF, Graham has called for residents to have the final say.
He launched a petition to have a referendum enshrined in the Council’s plans for the GDF process and made clear to NWS that the views of the people must be paramount.
Now that Holderness has said ‘No’ to a GDF, Graham will continue working with the Council and other stakeholders to make sure coastal and rural communities have investment and greater opportunities for the future.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart said: “South East Holderness local representatives Cllrs Lyn Healing and Sean McMaster have heard loud and clear that south Holderness doesn’t want to engage in discussions about a GDF.
“Residents must have the final say, and this is it.
“And I’ve written to the Minister for Nuclear and Renewables to request confirmation that NWS can’t return to south Holderness to pursue plans for the nuclear waste facility.”
