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RWMD approach to issues management

Posted on February 14, 2013 by graham

RWMD report dated March 2012 which includes a full compilation of issues raised with RWMD by various bodies, including NWAA, the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM),  and Helen Wallace for Greenpeace International. The issues are grouped together in subject … Continue reading →

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NDA RWMD Issues Register

Posted on February 14, 2013 by graham

An Excel File (dated March 2012) showing the status of NDA/RWMD work in responding to each of NWAA’s 101 issues in our issues register. The table shows whether or not work is ongoing to address the issue, inactive or planned … Continue reading →

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Prof Smythe’s response to Dr Dearlove

Posted on September 26, 2011 by graham

Professor David Smythe has written a response to a letter submitted to the West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Partnership by the Dr J Dearlove on 13th May 2011. His letter is a commentary on Prof. Smythe’s critique: “Why a deep nuclear … Continue reading →

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Nirex Inquiry Inspector’s Report

Posted on June 29, 2011 by graham

Over 66 days between 5 September 1995 and 1 February 1996 a public inquiry was held at The Civic Hall, Cleator Moor, Cumbria into an appeal by United Kingdom Nirex Limited against the refusal by Cumbria County Council to grant planning … Continue reading →

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Why was Sellafield rejected as a disposal site for radioactive waste?

Posted on June 29, 2011 by graham

March 17th 1997 may be remembered by most people in Britain for the announcement of the general election. But for the nuclear industry, this was the day that their waste disposal plans fell apart. A planning Inspector and his team … Continue reading →

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Environment Agency Consultation on waste from new nuclear reactors

Posted on June 29, 2011 by graham

It is the Environment Agency’s job to regulate discharges and waste disposals from nuclear power stations in England and Wales. The Agency has been working with the Office for Nuclear Regulation on a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) to assess the new … Continue reading →

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MRWS – desk-based studies of potential sites consultation

Posted on June 28, 2011 by graham

Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: Desk-based identification and assessment of potential candidate sites for geological disposal – a public consultation. A consultation seeking views on how potential sites for geological disposal will be identified and assessed. It sets out how desk … Continue reading →

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First Annual Report on the MRWS Programme

Posted on June 28, 2011 by graham

The Government’s response in November 2010 to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee’s report “Radioactive Waste Management: a Further Update”, committed Government to the production of an annual report to Parliament that would be published and copies … Continue reading →

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Retrievability & Reversibility 17/06/11

Posted on June 17, 2011 by graham

When the Scottish Government published its Higher Activity Radioactive Waste Policy is January 2011, it also published a series of additional documents. One of these documents – on Retrievability and Reversibility – was outstanding. This was finally published in June … Continue reading →

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NDA Manpower Study

Posted on May 25, 2011 by graham

Disposal of the UK’s higher activity radioactive waste underground will generate an average of 550 jobs over its 140 year lifespan, according to a study published by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The highest employment rate during the £12 billion … Continue reading →

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Hansard 23rd May 2011 386W

Posted on May 23, 2011 by graham

Caroline Lucas MP asks about the proportion of high level radioactive waste which has been vitirfied into glass blocks. Energy Minister, Charles Hendry says that approximately 50% of the total HLW inventory in stock has been conditioned (or vitrified), but … Continue reading →

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Hansard 3rd May 2011 693W

Posted on May 3, 2011 by graham

Caroline Lucas MP asks about quantities of nuclear waste created by civil nuclear programmes so far, and the quantities expected from a new build programme. Energy Minister, Charles Hendry MP, refers to the most recent UK radioactive waste inventory published … Continue reading →

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NDA Response to NWAA Issues Register.

Posted on April 14, 2011 by graham

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s Response to the NWAA Issues Register. Part One: Inventory; Gases; Site Considerations; Construction Issues. Up to page 13. NDAResponse(Part1) Part Two: Waste package & repository components; Chemistry & contaminations levels; Pages 14-27 NDAResponse(Part2) Part Three: Plutonium … Continue reading →

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Why a deep nuclear waste repository should not be sited in Cumbria: A Geological Review

Posted on April 12, 2011 by graham

In February 2011, the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) wrote to the West Cumbrian Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership to assert that there was no basis for the views expressed by Professor David Smythe regarding the unsuitability of West Cumbria. … Continue reading →

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Radioactive Waste Inventory

Posted on March 22, 2011 by graham

The latest United Kingdom Radioactive Waste Inventory has been published. The UK Radioactive Waste Inventory, currently updated every three years, is provided by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The inventory describes the stocks of … Continue reading →

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Issues Register Commentary

Posted on March 17, 2011 by graham

The Nuclear Waste Advisory Associates Issues Register Comnmentary is a more detailed look at the 101 outstanding scientific and technical issues which will need to be resolved before a safety case can be compiled for a deep geological disposal facility … Continue reading →

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Issues Register

Posted on March 17, 2011 by graham

This is a list, compiled by Nuclear Waste Advisory Associates, of the 101 outstanding scietific and technical hurdles related to the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. These issues will need to be resolved before a safety can be made. For … Continue reading →

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Disposal System Safety Case

Posted on February 23, 2011 by graham

The NDA has published a suite of scientific and technical reports which explain all of the safety factors it believes need to be considered when it submits an application to the nuclear regulators for permission to operate a deep geological disposal facility. … Continue reading →

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Summary of Options for Graphite

Posted on February 1, 2011 by graham

Higher Activity Waste. Reactor Decommissioning Update. Summary of Options for Graphite. NDA, February 2011. Decommissioning of the UK reactor fleet will generate substantial amounts of radioactive waste. A significant proportion of these “reactor decommissioning wastes” will be graphite, other waste includes … Continue reading →

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Radiological Protection Objectives for the Land-based Disposal of Solid Radioactive Wastes

Posted on February 1, 2011 by graham

Radiological Protection Objectives for the Land-based Disposal of Solid Radioactive Wastes (RCE 8). The purpose of this document is to provide advice, in particular to government departments, on the radiological protection objectives to be applied to the disposal of all … Continue reading →

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