Radioactive and nuclear substances and waste

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Services

• 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

• Hazardous waste

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

• Hazardous waste consignment note

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

• 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

• Pollution inventory reporting form

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

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Guidance and regulation

• How to contact us
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 January 2006
  • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
• Hazardous waste: consignment note guidance
  • Detailed guide
  • 2 September 2019
  • Environment Agency
• Geological Disposal
  • Detailed guide
  • 3 November 2020
  • Radioactive Waste Management
• The UK's nuclear history
  • Detailed guide
  • 25 January 2018
  • Radioactive Waste Management
• Hazardous waste: segregation and mixing
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 October 2020
  • Environment Agency

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News and communications

• RWM celebrate success at industry awards
  • 30 March 2021
  • Radioactive Waste Management
  • News story
• NDA announces new date for Supply Chain Event 2022
  • 24 March 2021
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Dounreay , Low Level Waste Repository Ltd , Magnox Ltd, Radioactive Waste Management, and Sellafield Ltd
  • News story
• CoRWM plenary meeting dates and locations
  • 24 March 2021
  • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
  • News story
• It’s been a massive effort in challenging times
  • 24 March 2021
  • Sellafield Ltd and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
  • News story
• Live virtual tours of the LLWR site are now available for key stakeholders
  • 19 March 2021
  • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Magnox Inquiry: final report
  • 4 March 2021
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Independent report
• Ambient gamma radiation dose rates across the UK
  • 21 January 2021
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Research
• Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) reports
  • 5 November 2020
  • Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, and Food Standards Agency
  • Research
• Accelerating implementation of a geological disposal facility in the United Kingdom
  • 29 July 2020
  • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
  • Research
• Operational safety review, Torness nuclear power station, 2019
  • 9 July 2020
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

• NDA Draft Business Plan 2021 to 2024 for Consultation
  • 22 March 2021
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, Dounreay , Magnox Ltd, and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 01 February 2021
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Draft Strategy for Consultation
  • 18 March 2021
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, Dounreay , Magnox Ltd, and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 08 November 2020
• NDA Radioactive Waste Strategy
  • 19 November 2020
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 31 October 2018
• Generic design assessment of the UK HPR1000: consultation plan
  • 21 December 2020
  • Environment Agency
  • Policy paper
• Environment Agency's engagement plan for geological disposal
  • 30 November 2020
  • Environment Agency
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• LLWR: Gender Pay Gap Report 2020
  • 24 March 2021
  • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
  • Transparency
• CoRWM meeting minutes, 24 November 2020
  • 23 March 2021
  • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
  • Transparency
• NDA Business Plan 2021 to 2024
  • 22 March 2021
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, Dounreay , Magnox Ltd, and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
  • Corporate report
• Regulatory Interface Management (RIM) group
  • 19 March 2021
  • Radioactive Waste Management
  • Corporate report
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Strategy effective from March 2021
  • 18 March 2021
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Radioactive Waste Management, Sellafield Ltd, Dounreay , Magnox Ltd, and Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Public Health England
• Ministry of Defence
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

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• Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Northern Ireland Office
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
• UK Export Finance

• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Radioactive Waste Management
• Environment Agency
• Sellafield Ltd
• Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
• Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
• Magnox Ltd
• Dounreay
• Innovate UK
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation
• UK Space Agency