Radioactive waste in Scotland

Waste type 1 Volume (cubic metre)
Stocks at 1 April 2010 Estimated future arisings Lifetime total once all wastes are packaged
ILW

8,080

17,400

41,500

LLW

30,500

245,000

374,000

(1) No HLW is managed in Scotland.

Radioactive waste is managed on 7 sites in Scotland, that include:

  • Chapelcross, Dounreay and Hunterston A, where the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is undertaking decommissioning and site clean up activities;
  • At Hunterston B and Torness, EDF Energy operates Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) power stations;
  • The Ministry of Defence (MoD) sites at Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde, Rosyth and Vulcan support the UK’s naval nuclear propulsion programme.

 

Site Location Activities Responsible organisation 1
Chapelcross Dumfries & Galloway Decommissioning of Magnox reactor power station NDA
Clyde (HMNB Clyde) Dunbartonshire Maintenance and support services for the operational submarine squadrons MoD
Dounreay Caithness Decommissioning of shut down Fast Breeder reactors and fuel cycle support plants. Waste disposal facilities (to be remediated) NDA
Hunterston Ayrshire Hunterston A - Decommissioning of Magnox reactor power station NDA
Hunterston B - Operating AGR power station EDF Energy
Rosyth (HMNB Rosyth Royal Dockyard) Fife Decommissioning of submarine refit facilities MoD
Torness East Lothian Operating AGR power station EDF Energy
Vulcan (NTRE Vulcan) Caithness Testing of prototype submarine nuclear reactors MoD

(1) The organisation with strategic responsibility for radioactive wastes managed on the site.

Summary information on radioactive waste in

Northern Ireland has no major waste producers.


Hunterston A

Hunterston nuclear power station