2010 to 2015 government policy. Radioactive waste is disposed of where possible or placed in safe secure and suitable storage complying with uk and devolved administrations policies. It also reprocesses spent fuel from nuclear power plants overseas mainly in.
The site currently handles nearly all the radioactive waste generated by the uk s 15 operational nuclear reactors. France centre de l aube operated by andra. Spain el cabril llw and ilw disposal facility operated by enresa.
Uk llw repository at drigg in cumbria operated by uk nuclear waste management a consortium led by washington group international with studsvik uk serco and areva on behalf of the nuclear decommissioning authority. In over 50 years of civil nuclear power experience the management and disposal of civil nuclear waste has not caused any serious health or environmental problems nor posed any real risk to the general public. About 94 of radioactive waste in the uk is classified as llw about 6 is ilw and less than 0 03 is classified as hlw.
Then placed in storage. Low level radioactive waste such as contaminated gloves can be disposed of in landfill sites. There are different categories of nuclear waste.
At some point however this waste will need to find a safe permanent home and disposal in a deep geological disposal gdf facility has been suggested as the most feasible option. The uk has accumulated a great deal of intermediate and high level nuclear waste that is currently kept in surface stores designed for 100 years of use. The government is expected this week to begin a nationwide search for a community willing to host an underground nuclear waste dump to store highly radioactive material for thousands of years.
Raw waste storage. Waste in the united kingdom march 2007. This strategy is developed from the uk strategy for the management of solid low level waste from the nuclear industry uk.
Nuclear waste storage plans aren t as safe as we thought experts warn we need to develop a new model for storing nuclear waste scientist warns anthony cuthbertson adcuthbertson.
Nuclear waste storage uk. France is striding ahead with its nuclear waste programme having already developed the word s first underground nuclear storage test site. Nuclear power reactors create 16 4 of nuclear waste in the uk. Nuclear energy research and development creates 4 of this waste while the medical and other industries create 1 the defence industry.
Nuclear energy research and development creates 4 of this waste while the medical and other industries create 1 the defence industry. Nuclear power reactors create 16 4 of nuclear waste in the uk. France is striding ahead with its nuclear waste programme having already developed the word s first underground nuclear storage test site.
