David Rowlands gave a very good summary of what we've been through. I think that he understated it when he said there wasn't a meeting of minds between the petitioners and EDF. I think they probably started off very far apart and didn't get one inch closer during the whole of the discussion that took place.

I will start off with what EDF's view is. They say they're one of many companies over many decades that have been dredging sediment in the Bristol channel and depositing it at licensed disposal sites at Cardiff Grounds. The sediment, they say, that they are dredging in the Bristol channel is typical of the sediment found anywhere in the Bristol channel, and as such it is no different to the sediment already at Cardiff Grounds. They say the sediment is not radioactive by law and poses no threat to human health or the environment. And they say the sediment has been tested by the independent body CEFAS in 2009, 2013 and 2017, including comprehensive sampling at depth. 

There is no question about the integrity and independence of the testing carried out by CEFAS, which carries out work to the highest international standard, and is an executive agency of DEFRA. Natural Resources Wales received the latest sample from CEFAS in December 2017. After consultation with independent experts, including Public Health Wales, on 27 March 2018 Natural Resources Wales concluded that the sediment poses no human or environmental risk. The view from Natural Resources Wales in March 2018 was that the sediment from the dredge sites has been tested thoroughly by independent experts and there is no risk from the dredged material to people, the environment, or the wildlife that lives there.