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. Shipping radioactive waste and spent fuel after Brexit
   • Guidance
   • 10 April 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. LLWR Waste Services
   • Detailed guide
   • 18 December 2018
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
4. Hazardous waste: segregation and mixing
   • Detailed guide
   • 4 April 2014
   • Environment Agency
5. The UK's nuclear history
   • Detailed guide
   • 25 January 2018
   • Radioactive Waste Management

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News and communications

1 April 2019 — News story

CoRWM plenary meeting dates and locations 2019

Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

1. Second consecutive Gold in national awards for LLWR Site team
   • 26 March 2019
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • News story
2. Gwen Parry-Jones OBE announced as Magnox Chief Executive Officer
   • 26 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Magnox Ltd
   • News story
3. Celebrating UK skills for nuclear
   • 25 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • News story
4. Sellafield unveils new plant to support clean-up
   • 21 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Ltd
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Managing on-site stockpiling and use of high volumes of concrete-based demolition material
   • 14 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Independent report
2. Ambient gamma radiation dose rates across the UK
   • 10 January 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Research
3. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority radioactive waste management strategy consultation: CoRWM response
   • 7 November 2018
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Research
4. Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) reports
   • 25 October 2018
   • Food Standards Agency, Environment Agency, and Natural Resources Wales
   • Research
5. Graphene and its use in nuclear decommissioning
   • 13 July 2017
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Business Plan 2019 to 2022
   • 29 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, Dounreay , Magnox Ltd, and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 04 February 2019
2. Land remediation specialists embrace e-sharing
   • 27 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Case study
3. Forward planning to ensure cement supplies
   • 27 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, and Sellafield Ltd
   • Case study
4. Thermal solution can reduce waste volumes
   • 27 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Case study
5. Investing in technical expertise for the future of nuclear decommissioning
   • 27 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Case study

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. CoRWM meeting minutes 2019
   • 17 April 2019
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Transparency
2. Sizewell C: response to EDF Energy stage 3 consultation
   • 15 April 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Corporate report
3. Radioactive particles in the environment around Dounreay
   • 12 April 2019
   • Dounreay
   • Corporate report
4. On The Level Issue 19 March 2019
   • 5 April 2019
   • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
   • Corporate report
5. Progress on plutonium consolidation, storage and disposition
   • 29 March 2019
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Ltd
   • 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. 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