Radioactive and nuclear substances and waste

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Services

1. Classify different types of waste

   How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance

2. Hazardous waste

   How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.

3. Hazardous waste consignment note

   A completed consignment note must accompany hazardous waste when moved from any premises.

4. Battery waste: retailer and distributor responsibilities

   Find out if you must offer free collection of old batteries - batteries you must take back, how to collect and send batteries to be recycled, penalties

5. Pollution inventory reporting form

   Form for operators to report pollution inventory (PI) data.

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Guidance and regulation

1. Northern Ireland - Sub region 2
   • Detailed guide
   • 19 December 2018
   • Radioactive Waste Management
2. National Geological Screening for a GDF - Northern Ireland
   • Detailed guide
   • 19 December 2018
   • Radioactive Waste Management
3. Northern Ireland - Sub region 3
   • Detailed guide
   • 19 December 2018
   • Radioactive Waste Management
4. Site Evaluation consultations - public events
   • Detailed guide
   • 28 January 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
5. Hazardous waste: consignment note guidance
   • Detailed guide
   • 8 February 2018
   • Environment Agency

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News and communications

8 February 2019 — News story

CoRWM plenary meeting dates and locations 2019

Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

1. Landmark 1,000th waste shipment achieved in record time
   • 18 January 2019
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • News story
2. Welsh Government launches policy to deal with radioactive waste
   • 16 January 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • News story
3. Robots tackle Sellafield’s notorious radioactive ‘hot spot’
   • 16 January 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Ltd
   • News story
4. Government launches new policy to deal with radioactive waste
   • 20 December 2018
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Radioactive Waste Management
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Ambient gamma radiation dose rates across the UK
   • 10 January 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Research
2. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority radioactive waste management strategy consultation: CoRWM response
   • 7 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Research
3. Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) reports
   • 25 October 2018
   • Food Standards Agency, Environment Agency, and Natural Resources Wales
   • Research
4. Graphene and its use in nuclear decommissioning
   • 13 July 2017
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Independent report
5. Geological disposal and working with communities: public dialogue and literature review
   • 13 April 2017
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Business Plan 2019 to 2022
   • 7 February 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, Dounreay , Magnox Ltd, and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 04 February 2019
2. Site Evaluation - How we will evaluate sites in Wales
   • 1 February 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 14 April 2019
3. Gwerthuso Safleoedd - Sut byddwn yn gwerthuso safleoedd - Nghymru
   • 16 January 2019
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 14 April 2019
4. Why geological disposal? CoRWM position paper
   • 25 January 2019
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Policy paper
5. Retrievability considerations for geological disposal: CoRWM position paper
   • 25 January 2019
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Radioactive particles in the environment around Dounreay
   • 15 February 2019
   • Dounreay
   • Corporate report
2. Waste Metric Dashboard: January 2019
   • 6 February 2019
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
3. Customer Notice: 2019-001 Waste Forecasting Submissions January 2019
   • 28 January 2019
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
4. Waste Forecasting Form: WSC-FOR-WFO
   • 24 January 2019
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
5. CoRWM meeting minutes, 8 November 2018
   • 24 January 2019
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
2. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
3. Ministry of Defence
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board

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1. Public Health England
2. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
3. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
4. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
5. Northern Ireland Office
6. Office for Product Safety & Standards
7. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
8. UK Export Finance

1. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
2. Environment Agency
3. Radioactive Waste Management
4. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
5. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
6. Sellafield Ltd
7. Magnox Ltd
8. Dounreay
9. Innovate UK
10. Defence Infrastructure Organisation