What is the long-term waste management solution?
Dismantling
Before
Present UK Government policy for the long-term management of radioactive waste can be summarised as follows:
- Dispose of suitable LLW in near-surface facilities;
- Dispose of the relatively small volume of LLW not suitable for near-surface disposal in geological disposal facilities along with all ILW and HLW.
All radioactive wastes without a disposal route currently available will be stored in a safe and secure manner until a suitable disposal facility becomes available.
After
Demolition
Sequence illustrating the decommissioning of a nuclear facility
