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Waste Management News
22 December 2011
Review of timescales for geological disposal
We have published a preliminary response to the Minister’s request to review the programme for implementing geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste with a view to bringing the date for first waste emplacement forward from the planned 2040 date to 2029.
22 December 2011
IWM Draft Strategy Development Programme
This draft paper articulates the work required to develop a comprehensive NDA Integrated Waste Management Strategy that will drive Lifetime Plan development and lead in due course to the estate wide optimisation of waste management.
21 December 2011
Regulators’ review of the generic DSSC
A joint regulatory review of the NDA Radioactive Waste Management Directorate’s generic Disposal System Safety Case (gDSSC) for disposal of higher activity radioactive waste in a geological disposal facility published.
01 December 2011
Capenhurst Site Integration Project
An agreement has been signed confirming the future transfer of the NDA-owned site at Capenhurst to URENCO, which occupies the adjacent nuclear-licensed site in Cheshire.
09 August 2011
Options for management of Harwell fuels
The NDA has published Credible and Preferred options associated with the management of exotic fuels, nuclear materials and wastes at Harwell.
NDA Responds to Government’s Consultation Paper
05 November 2007
The NDA responds to the consultation paper Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS): A framework for implementing geological disposal. We see this as an important consultation paper which sets out a framework for the long-term management of higher activity wastes.
Given the important nature of this consultation we have responded to the 12 specific questions and the one general one.
Click here to view the response to the consultation paper Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) (pdf)
