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The home of Committee on Radioactive Waste Management on GOV.UK. The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) provides independent scrutiny and transparent advice to the UK governments on the long-term management of…
This paper focuses on the implications for the management of higher activity wastes and spent fuel resulting from the development of SMRs and AMRs.
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) provides independent scrutiny and transparent advice to the UK governments on the long-term management of higher activity radioactive wastes.
A review and assessment of the potential construction and operational costs for a geological disposal facility.
Campbell Gemmell is a Partner in Canopus Scotland Consulting, working largely on environment policy and regulation issues in the EU, Australasia and China. Campbell chaired the review of Scotland’s Air Quality Strategy for S…
Andrew Walters is an Environmental Lawyer and Chartered Town Planner. He has worked on an extensive range of project and policy work in the public and private sectors with a career stretching across 20 years in the UK and ov…
CoRWM position papers and archive provide our published views on specific topics of interest to our stakeholders.
In September, members of CoRWM visited the Trawsfyndd site in Snowdonia.
Details of our plenary meetings (all open to the public) for 2024.
Minutes from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) meeting.
In June, members of CoRWM visited the Underground Research Laboratory at Bure in France which is run by the French National Radioactive Waste Agency (ANDRA).
The Committee of Radioactive Waste's (CoRWM’s) analysis of Scottish government plans for managing higher activity radioactive waste (HAW).
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) Code of Practice
Minutes from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) meetings.
CoRWM's preliminary position on the implications for decommissioning, radioactive waste management, and radioactive waste disposal associated with fusion energy.
In this position paper, CoRWM considers the UK uranium inventory, its management and the disposal options.
CoRWM recommendations for the long-term management of UK radioactive waste
CoRWM's position on policy, legal and regulatory issues for a GDF and associated radioactive waste management.
Note of a visit by CoRWM group to the Konrad mine in Germany to discuss approaches to siting a geologic disposal facility.
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