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Below we provide a preliminary list of the main reports due to be published together with an indication of their current due date. Many of our documents are subject to a review process, which means we are unable to give precise dates.
We will update the list on a regular basis to provide more detailed information.
The reports are set out under headings which reflect our Radioactive Waste Management Directorate's (RWMD) main workstreams.
| RWMD Publications |
Report title |
Due for publication |
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Waste package specification and guidance |
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| Technical and scientific reports |
Geological Disposal: Generic specification for waste packages containing higher activity waste |
2011 |
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Geological Disposal: Guidance on application of fissile material limits to waste packages |
2011 |
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Geological Disposal: Generic specification for waste packages containing intermediate level waste |
2011 |
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Geological Disposal: Generic specification for waste packages containing spent nuclear fuel |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Introduction to the Waste Package Specification and Guidance documentation |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Specification for 500 litre drum waste package |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Specification for side lifting variant of the 3 cubic metre box waste package |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Specification for 3 cubic metre drum waste package |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Specification for 4 metre box waste package |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Specification for 2 metre box waste package |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Guidance material and design guidelines |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: 3 cubic metre box waste package specification: guidance material and design guidelines for side lifting variant |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: 3 cubic metre box waste package specification: design guidelines for corner lifting variant |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: 3 cubic metre waste package specification: guidance material and design guidelines |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: 4 metre box waste package specification: guidance material and design guidelines |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: 2 metre box waste package specification: guidance material and design guidelines |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Permissions Schedule for geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste (2012 revision) |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Generic specification for waste packages containing vitrified high level waste |
2012 |
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Engineering/Design |
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| Technical and scientific reports |
Geological Disposal: Design information needs and requirements from the RWMD site investigation programme |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: GDF design principles |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Geographical Information System (GIS) strategy and implementation plan |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Update of Generic transport system report to incorporate the operational aspects of waste transport |
2012 |
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| Geological disposal facility optioneering |
Geological Disposal: RWMD's geological disposal concept options selection process |
2012 |
| Upstream optioneering |
Geological Disposal: RWMD's approach to the application of the waste hierarchy |
2011 |
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Geological Disposal: Summary of RWMD's approach to the application of the waste hierarchy |
2011 |
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Geological Disposal: Further consideration of the NDA RWMD 500 year waste container integrity target |
2011 |
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| Safety case |
Geological Disposal: Environmental Safety Case Strategy |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Transport Assessment Strategy |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Operational Safety Case Strategy |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Environmental Safety Case Manual |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Transport Safety Case Manual |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Operational Safety Case Manual |
2012 |
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Stakeholder engagement |
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| Reports |
Geological Disposal: Summary report on implementing public participation approaches (IPPA) |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Literature review on the impacts of partnership working on GDF technical programmes |
2011 |
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Geological Disposal: Second foundation report on stakeholder involvement 2004-11 |
2012 |
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Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) |
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| Technical and scientific reports |
Geological Disposal: Health impact assessment methodology |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Equality impact assessment methodology |
2012 |
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Geological Disposal: Habitats regulations assessment methodology |
2012 |
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Conference papers |
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| Engineering/Design | Development of an engineering design process and associated systems and procedures for a UK geological disposal facility |
2011 |
| Engineering design processes in national programmes |
2011 |
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| Research and Development | Criticality safety in a geological disposal facility |
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality, September 2011, Edinburgh |
| The development of fissile material limits for ILW disposal packages | ||
| Characteristics of Non-Standard Vitrified UK HLW Products NNL (08) 9832 Issue 2 |
2012 |
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| Review of Experimental Uncertainties in Measuring Glass Dissolution rates |
2012 |
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| Initial Dissolution rate measurement for stimulant 25% wt% waste-loaded Magnox VTR product in stimulant water types |
2012 |
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