The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

The National Low Level Waste Strategy Group has been established to develop a working partnership between the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, LLW Repository Ltd, Regulators, Stakeholders and LLW Consignors to promote innovation, value for money, and implementation of the waste hierarchy by planning for effective waste disposal solutions.  This initiative will support ongoing nuclear operations, the nuclear site decommissioning and remediation programme and LLW management needs of 'non-NDA' commercial organisations.  The National Low Level Waste Strategy Group shall serve as a primary point of contact for integration and engagement on LLW innovations, issues, and strategy development.

Membership and Participants

Membership of the Low Level Waste Strategy Group includes senior representatives from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Regulators, Stakeholder groups, and LLW Consignor sites that are actively generating low level waste.  Each member is responsible for representing the views and interests of their parent organisation and for promulgating the business of the Strategy Group back into their parent organisation.

In addition to the formal membership of the Strategy Group, other participants and organisational representatives will be invited to attend Strategy Group meetings at the Chair's discretion.  Corresponding participants will also be notified of future meetings and topics of discussion and / or review. 

 LLW Strategy Group Members and Participants (200Kb)

Term of Reference

A revised Terms of Reference for the Strategy Group was agreed and endorsed at the third meeting. The attached document is therefore the published Terms of Reference for the Strategy Group.

 National Low Level Waste Strategy Group - Terms of reference - Revision 1 (500Kb)

LLW Strategy Development Process

The attached document shows the process that is followed when developing the national low level waste strategy and the supporting elements. 

 Low Level Waste Strategy - Development Process (500Kb)

LLW Topical Strategies Summary

To support the development of the national low level waste strategy, a number of key topic areas have been identified with specific strategies being developed for each topic.  These are referred to as topical strategies and the attached document provides a summary of these topical strategies.

 LLW Topic Strategies Summary (500Kb)

 Topical Strategies for LLW Management - Draft - November 2008 (750Kb)

LLW Strategic Review Summary

A Strategic Review has been developed based on the current position for low level waste management in 2008.  The Strategic Review identifies and evaluates a number of synergies and opportunities to reduce the low level waste liability.  This will inform the development of the Nuclear Industry LLW Strategy and National LLW Management Plan in 2009.  The attached document provides a summary of the Strategic Review.

 LLW Strategy Review Summary (500Kb)

 LLW Strategy Review - Issue 1 - January 2009 (500Kb)

 National LLW Management Plan - Draft - February 2009 (500Kb)

Strategic Technical Briefs

LLW Repository Ltd's National Strategy Team has prepared a series of Strategic Technical Briefs.  The attached compendium represents a chronological compilation of the Briefs prepared during 2008/09. These Briefs were originally developed to provide an improved and common understanding of various technical areas related to low level waste strategy to help inform and underpin the emerging UK Nuclear Industry Low Level Waste Strategy to be prepared by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

The briefs cover a diverse range of topics across Low Level Waste treatment and disposal.  Each Brief represents a "snapshot" in time and points to additional information needed to fully understand the issues, inform decision-making for future management solutions, and/or provide new options and opportunities to be pursued by the integrated National Low Level Waste Programme.

 Compendium of Strategic Technical Briefs - Volume 1 (500Kb)