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Nuclear waste protesters draw up new battlelines
RESIDENTS fighting plans to dump radioactive waste at a landfill site are considering their next campaign move.
The step comes after waste handling firm Augean secured government approval for its plans to dump low-level nuclear waste at its landfill site in King’s Cliffe until 2013.
Now campaign groups Waste Watchers and Local Democracy in Action are taking advice on whether to challenge the decision.
Protesters packed the village hall, in Eagle Lane, King’s Cliffe, for a public meeting called to discuss the best way to respond to the government’s decision.
Secretary of State Eric Pickles last month allowed an appeal by Augean for planning permission to dump low level radioactive waste at the site until 2013.
But Augean has also embarked on a consultation programme on plans to keep the tip open until 2026. It was due to close by 2013.
Chris Leuchars of Waste Watchers said: “It was great to see such a large turn-out and to know the community’s fighting spirit is as strong as ever.”
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