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. Hazardous waste producer registration (Wales)

   Register your premises with Natural Resource Wales if you produce or hold hazardous waste in Wales

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Guidance and regulation

1. Hazardous waste: consignment note guidance
   • Detailed guide
   • 8 February 2018
   • Environment Agency
2. LLWR Waste Services
   • Detailed guide
   • 30 May 2018
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
3. Hazardous waste: segregation and mixing
   • Detailed guide
   • 4 April 2014
   • Environment Agency
4. Hazardous waste: consignee returns guidance (England)
   • Detailed guide
   • 9 February 2018
   • Environment Agency
5. Waste batteries: treat, recycle and export
   • Detailed guide
   • 29 July 2016
   • Environment Agency

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News and communications

16 November 2018 — News story

End of reprocessing at Thorp signals new era for Sellafield

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Ltd

1. CoRWM plenary meeting dates and locations 2019
   • 12 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • News story
2. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management visit to Hinkley Point C
   • 7 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • News story
3. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management visit to Sizewell B
   • 7 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • News story
4. Supply chain event attracts record 1,700 visitors
   • 2 November 2018
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, Dounreay , Magnox Ltd, and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority radioactive waste management strategy consultation: CoRWM response
   • 7 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Research
2. Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) reports
   • 25 October 2018
   • Food Standards Agency, Environment Agency, and Natural Resources Wales
   • Research
3. Ambient gamma radiation dose rates across the UK
   • 23 July 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • 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. STEM Engagement across the NDA Group
   • 14 November 2018
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 17 August 2018
2. Radioactive waste: support for disposal rather than indefinite storage: CoRWM position paper
   • 7 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Policy paper
3. Geological disposal of radioactive waste - safety requirements: CoRWM position paper
   • 7 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Policy paper
4. Selecting a geological disposal facility (GDF) site based on the best geology: CoRWM position paper
   • 7 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Policy paper
5. Transport considerations for radioactive materials: CoRWM position paper
   • 7 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Annual Report for 2017 on the operation of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996
   • 15 November 2018
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Corporate report
2. Joint regulators' assessment of the 2016 generic Disposal System Safety Case
   • 15 November 2018
   • Environment Agency
   • Corporate report
3. Geological disposal: scrutiny of RWM's work - annual reports
   • 15 November 2018
   • Environment Agency
   • Corporate report
4. New nuclear power stations: initial assessment of General Nuclear System’s UK HPR1000 design
   • 15 November 2018
   • Environment Agency
   • Corporate report
5. Customer Notice 2018-016: Soil and Rubble Disposal to LLWR
   • 9 November 2018
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report

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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 of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
7. UK Export Finance

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