About us
Our mission is to deliver a geological disposal facility and provide radioactive waste management solutions. We are engaging with communities to inform our work.
Our commitment
RWM is engaging in discussions to help build understanding of geological disposal and the process to identify a site for a UK geological disposal facility.
Who we are
We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), which is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Our objectives
Our 2020-21 key activities are:
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Implement government policy on geological disposal of higher activity waste
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Work proactively with waste producers to plan for and deliver waste management solutions
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Deliver a robust Technical Programme to support the GDF programme and waste management
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Develop RWM into a high performing delivery organisation
Our strategies and corporate reports
sets out the importance of taking responsibility for and dealing with the UK’s higher-activity radioactive waste as the right thing to do for future generations. It explains our approach for delivering a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) in the UK.
The report is also available in Welsh:
We have published our , which sets out progress on delivering RWM’s mission and plans for the future.
Alongside this we have published an .
We have also published our .
This report is also available in Welsh:
Previous Annual Review:
Previous Annual Review in Welsh:
Information for communities
In support of Government policy on geological disposal, RWM has published information for communities including:
- Introduction to Geological Disposal - An overview into our mission to deal with radioactive waste
- Community Guidance - How we will work with communities
- Site Evaluation - How we will evaluate sites in England.
- National Geological Screening for a GDF. A high level summary of the geological information which is relevant to the safety of a GDF.
Issues management
If you have an issue that you would like to raise that relates to implementing geological disposal. See our issues register
Technical reports
While RWM corporate reports are available on this website, some technical publications and commissioned research prepared by third parties are available from our document library.
Archive materials
All content from our previous website, published prior to joining GOV.UK, is available in The National Archive.
Contacting us
To contact us about any aspects of our work, email us at gdfenquiries@nda.gov.uk
Corporate information
Access our information
- Our organisation chart
- Accessible documents policy
- Office access and opening times
- Our governance
- Media enquiries
- Research at RWM
Jobs and contracts
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