Performance Updates
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NDA Strategy Document
After extensive consultation with our stakeholders, Government approved our Strategy published on 30 March 2006
NDA Strategy (pdf)
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This section provides a brief description of the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) near Drigg as outlined in the NDA's strategy.
The scope, schedule and cost of work needed to decommission the sites are reviewed annually by the NDA and its contractors during the Lifetime Plan (LTP) review process.
Site End States
| Institutional control following closure of the disposal vaults in 2050. Final closure likely to be determined by radionuclide inventory, not waste volume. |
| Year | Milestones |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Plutonium contaminated materials, (PCM) inventory removal – significant hazard reduction achieved by removal of all PCM items and drums from the site by end December 2006 |
| 2010 | Removal of PCM Facilities – decommissioning of all associated PCM facilities (typically magazines, stores and related infrastructure) |
| 2007 to 2050 | Engineered vaults construction – progressive construction and operation of seven new engineered vaults for disposal of LLW, each phased to come on line as required providing total LLW disposal capacity of 1.7 million cubic metres |
| 2150 | Final site clearance and closure |