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The National Waste Programme was established to implement the UK’s strategy for the management of solid low level radioactive waste (LLW) from the nuclear industry. It is an industry-wide collaboration led by LLW Repository …
Industry guidance on the interim storage of Higher Activity Waste packages and integrated approach.
Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.
The Energy Act 2008 (the Act) sets out the framework to ensure that operators of new nuclear power stations meet the full costs of decommissioning…
Statutory guidance on radioactive contaminated land for local authorities.
The requirements for packaging LHGW
A review of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management's (CoRWM's) relations with the public.
CoRWM's assessment of the generic Disposal System Safety Case (gDSSC) published by the Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD).
Documents about the Environment Agency's consultation on UK EPR design submitted by EDF and AREVA.
Guidance on the regulation of non-nuclear radioactive substances activities under Environmental Permitting Regulation 2010.
Guidance on setting limits and levels on discharges of gaseous and liquid radioactive waste from nuclear licensed sites in England and Wales.
How to comply with your standard rules environmental permit for the keeping and use of Category 5 sealed radioactive sources.
Using the integrated management prospectus to demonstrate organisational capability by operators of nuclear licensed sites.
Radioactive substances regulation guidance on the management of the generation and disposal of radioactive waste during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
Consultation on AP1000 design submitted by Westinghouse Electric Company LLC.
Guidance for local authorities on the collation and assessment of documentary information B20(a).
Guidance for local authorities on visual inspection and limited surveys for radioactive contaminated land.
Sita (Lancashire) Limited applied for a permit to dispose of low level radioactive waste (LLW) in November 2009.
Augean South Limited applied for a permit to dispose of low level radioactive waste (LLW) in July 2009.
Waste Recycling Group applied for a permit to dispose of High Volume Very Low Level Waste (HV-VLLW) to the Lillyhall Landfill Site at Joseph Noble Road, Cumbria in May 2009.
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