mines on Gloucestershire Dailyhttps://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/tags/mines/Recent content in mines on Gloucestershire DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usFri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000Gloucestershire Coal Mines Proposed as Nuclear Waste Storage in the 1950shttps://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/gloucestershire-coal-mines-proposed-as-nuclear-waste-storage-in-the-1950s/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/gloucestershire-coal-mines-proposed-as-nuclear-waste-storage-in-the-1950s/In the 1950s, the British government seriously considered storing nuclear waste in disused coal mines in Gloucestershire. Following the initial stages of the UK’s atomic energy and weapons program, plans were approved to dump radioactive waste from Harwell and Aldermaston in old coal pits within the Forest of Dean. Among the proposed sites were the New Fancy mine near Parkend, Crump Meadow, Foxes Bridge, and Lightmoor near Cinderford, as reported by the Dean Forest Mercury on August 20, 1954.