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The Waste Operations division of Nuclear Waste Services manages the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria and ensures that lower activity waste is managed effectively across the UK.
This page contains Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) Waste Package Specifications and Guidance for waste packages destined for geological disposal.
Principles setting out what the Environment Agency expects from permit holders carrying out radioactive substances activities.
Guidance on the application of the regulations and the administrative procedures that will be used by government in reaching justification decisions.
Guidance on how land and groundwater should be protected at permitted facilities.
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
All guidance documents for the packaging of Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
Sets out the good arrangements and considerations that are expected from an operator.
Guidance to developers of geological disposal facilities for solid radioactive waste.
The Environment Agency’s role in the development and regulation of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste.
Guidance about environmental permit conditions for radioactive substances activities on nuclear licensed sites and how operators should comply.
This programme will support development of technologies and techniques that may enable future UK access to medical radionuclides.
This specification supports the “Sort and Segregate Nuclear Waste” competition being run by Innovate UK, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Sellafield Ltd and Magnox Ltd.
What businesses need to do to import ‘relevant’ nuclear materials into the UK.
This Good Practice Guide (GPG) has been developed by Jacobs on behalf of the NDA to identify and facilitate consistent application of good practice within the nuclear industry regarding the characterisation of solid radioact…
How the Environment Agency regulates the different types of nuclear sites and protects people and the environment.
Environment Agency's regulation of Hinkley Point, about EDF’s appeal, how you can find out about environmental permits and other activities at Hinkley Point.
The LLWR Socio-economic Fund provides support to local initiatives/groups within a 30-mile radius of the Repository Site.
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