The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Documents listed in this section of our website were produced by us (or predecessor bodies) to provide more information on various aspects of geological disposal of radioactive waste.

The list is not exhaustive and you may find other helpful information in our document library and on other organisations' websites.

 Frequently Asked Questions related to Geological Disposal (60Kb) 

For more information, including responses to consultations, see our consultations section

2007 Inventory (wastes to be managed)

See UK Radioactive Waste Inventory 2007 Website for the following documents:

Executive Summary (2008)
This summarises the 2007 UK Radioactive Waste Inventory and provides an overview of the amounts of raw waste that either exist or will arise in future.

Main report (2008)
This is the detailed document that provides information on volumes that exist today and will arise in the future.

 

 

International data report (2008)
This provides the necessary information required for international reporting to the IAEA.

Review of processes contributing to radioactive waste in the UK (2008)
This report explains how and why radioactive wastes are produced in the UK. Its purpose is to inform those who have no involvement with radioactive waste about the primary processes that give rise to radioactive wastes and how these wastes are dealt with.

Radioactive materials report (2008)
This report provides details of those materials that are not currently classified as waste e.g. plutonium, uranium and spent nuclear fuel, but may be classified as such in the future.

Regulatory scrutiny

The following two documents are available on request via the Environment Agency.

See Overseeing work on the geological disposal of radioactive waste (Environment Agency Website) for:

• Review of the new style Nirex Letter of Compliance assessment report NWAT/Nirex/05/04 (2006)
  This review provides the Environment Agency’s comments on the format and generic content of two examples of the Letter of Compliance (LoC) Assessment Reports provided by Nirex.
  
• NWAT assessment of the viability of a Phased Geological Repository Concept for the long term management of the UK’s radioactive waste report (2005)
  This is the Environment Agency’s review of Nirex’s Report (N/122).

Site assessment process

 A proposed framework for Stage 4 of the MRWS Site Selection Process (2008) (2Mb)
This report provides an initial response to Government’s request that the NDA develop proposals for the approach to be used in Stage 4 of the MRWS site selection process.

 

 

 Letter from Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) (2008) (162Kb)
This letter provides comments on the proposed framework for Stage 4 of the MRWS Site Selection Process from a Swedish perspective.

 

 

 

 Letter from London School of Economics (LSE) (2008) (85Kb)
This letter provides comments on the proposed framework for Stage 4 of the MRWS Site Selection Process from an academic perspective.

 

 

 

International position

 National policies on the long-term management of higher activity wastes (2008) (50Kb)
This document provides an update on all countries that require a national policy and implementation programme for the long-term management of its wastes.

 

 

Literature reviews

 Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: Literature Review of UK Experiences of Partnership (2007) (1Mb)
This review investigates how the elements of community partnerships in other countries have been used in the UK.

 

 

 

 Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: Literature Review of International Experiences of Partnership (2007) (1Mb)
This review investigates how international radioactive waste management programmes use community partnerships. It provides an introduction to the concepts of partnership working and outlines the elements of community partnerships internationally.

 

Supplier Information

 Supplier Feedback from Geological Disposal Facility Workshop January 2009 (1Mb)
NDA hosted an event for potential suppliers to understand more about the programme to implement geological disposal. Delegates contributed their views to help develop the Contracting and Commercial Strategy for Geological Disposal Facility.