A formal decision will be made on the council’s membership of the nuclear waste Community Partnership next month.
Reform UK group leader on Lincolnshire County Council, Cllr Sean Matthews, said:
“In my first day as the newly elected group leader at the council I have immediately started the process to look at the council’s membership of the Nuclear Waste Services Community Partnership.
“A formal decision is needed to move forward, and I’m looking to make that as soon as possible.
“If the council decides to withdraw from the partnership, this would stop Lincolnshire being considered as a location for a GDF and give residents in this area of the county peace of mind.”
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is exploring the option of having a ‘geological disposal facility’ under the North Sea in Lincolnshire, with a surface access point in an ‘area of focus’ within the vicinity of Gayton le Marsh and Great Carlton.
NWS set up the Community Partnership in 2021 to share information with local residents about what a geological disposal facility is and how it might affect the area.
To progress with a Lincolnshire option for the site, they need at least one local council – Lincolnshire County Council or East Lindsey District Council – to engage with the process.
East Lindsey District Council withdrew from the partnership in April of this year.
The county council’s membership of the Community Partnership will be considered at Overview and Scrutiny Management Board on 29 May, and a final decision made at Executive on 3 June.