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
   • 2 September 2019
   • Environment Agency
2. Sort and Segregate Nuclear Waste specification
   • Guidance
   • 27 July 2020
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Innovate UK, Sellafield Ltd, and Magnox Ltd
3. The UK's nuclear history
   • Detailed guide
   • 25 January 2018
   • Radioactive Waste Management
4. LLWR Waste Services
   • Detailed guide
   • 21 October 2019
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
5. Hazardous waste: segregation and mixing
   • Detailed guide
   • 4 April 2014
   • Environment Agency

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News and communications

11 August 2020 — News story

Meet RWM’s Senior Inventory Manager

Radioactive Waste Management

1. RWM yn sefydlu partneriaeth gyda’r BGS
   • 11 August 2020
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • News story
2. Meet RWM’s Head of Technical Strategy
   • 6 August 2020
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • News story
3. LLWR Awards Facilities Management Contract to Mitie Group
   • 4 August 2020
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • News story
4. Firm’s investment will sustain jobs and make Sellafield safer, sooner
   • 4 August 2020
   • Sellafield Ltd
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Accelerating implementation of a geological disposal facility in the United Kingdom
   • 29 July 2020
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Research
2. Ambient gamma radiation dose rates across the UK
   • 14 July 2020
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Research
3. Operational safety review, Torness nuclear power station, 2019
   • 9 July 2020
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Independent report
4. Nuclear and radiological safety: review of the UK framework 2019
   • 9 July 2020
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Independent report
5. Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) reports
   • 24 October 2019
   • Food Standards Agency, Environment Agency, and Natural Resources Wales
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Business Plan 2020 to 2023
   • 27 April 2020
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 14 February 2020
2. Sellafield: radioactive substances activities (RSA) permit variation
   • 31 March 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 01 December 2019
3. Lillyhall landfill site: radioactive substances activities permit variation
   • 17 March 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 15 April 2019
4. Site Evaluation - How we will evaluate sites in England
   • 18 February 2020
   • Radioactive Waste Management
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 31 March 2019
5. Sizewell C: engagement plan
   • 6 July 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Waste Metric Dashboard: July 2020
   • 30 July 2020
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
2. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Annual Report and Accounts 2019 to 2020
   • 21 July 2020
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Corporate report
3. National Waste Programme Quarterly Report: Q3 and Q4 FY 2019 to 2020
   • 21 July 2020
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
4. TC08 – Half Height IP-2 WAMAC ISO Container
   • 9 July 2020
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
5. Bradwell B: responses to Bradwell Power Generation Company DCO consultations
   • 8 July 2020
   • Environment Agency
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
2. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
3. Public Health England
4. Ministry of Defence
5. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

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1. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
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. Radioactive Waste Management
3. Environment Agency
4. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
5. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
6. Sellafield Ltd
7. Magnox Ltd
8. Dounreay
9. Innovate UK
10. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
11. UK Space Agency