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The home of Committee on Radioactive Waste Management on GOV.UK. The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) provides independent scrutiny and transparent advice to the UK governments on the long-term management of…
This paper focuses on the implications for the management of higher activity wastes and spent fuel resulting from the development of SMRs and AMRs.
Summaries of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management's (CoRWM's) advice to the government and its future plans.
In this position paper, CoRWM considers the UK uranium inventory, its management and the disposal options.
Report on CoRWM’s advice to government and performance from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, and its future plans.
Members were given an overview of the scale of the problem and challenges faced in the decommissioning of the site.
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) provides independent scrutiny and transparent advice to the UK governments on the long-term management of higher activity radioactive wastes.
Find out about the structure of CoRWM and read minutes of plenary and other meetings.
Minutes from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) meetings.
Minutes from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) meeting.
CoRWM position papers and archive provide our published views on specific topics of interest to our stakeholders.
In September, members of CoRWM visited the Trawsfyndd site in Snowdonia.
Geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste
CoRWM members are required to declare any personal or business interests to the Committee that may have a bearing on Committee business.
CoRWM's 2006 recommendations to Government
Details of our plenary meetings (all open to the public) for 2024.
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