Government Documents

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 →

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 →

On the 20th January 2011 the Scottish Government published Scotland’s Higher Activity Radioactive Waste Policy 2011 The Scottish Government Policy is that the long-term management of higher activity radioactive waste should be in near-surface facilities. Facilities should be located as … Continue reading →

The Government is committed to geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste, coupled with safe and secure interim storage and a geological disposal facility siting process based on voluntarism and partnership. It has set up the Geological Disposal Implementation Board (GDIB), … Continue reading →

The Government’s White Paper on a Framework for Implementing Geological Disposal was published in June 2008 jointly by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and the devolved admoinstrations for Northern … Continue reading →