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Generic Disposal System Safety Case for a Geological Disposal Facility: disposal system specification

The primary objective of the Disposal System Specification is to provide the designers of the disposal system with the requirements that must be satisfied. It defines the scope and bounds of the engineering design work.

Updates to this page

From:
Nuclear Waste Services
Published:
3 August 2017
Last updated:
21 July 2025
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  1. Updated 'RWM' to 'NWS' and amended link to reflect the publication of revised data in the 2022 Inventory for Geological Disposal

  2. Referenced the publication of revised data in the 2016 Inventory for Geological Disposal

  3. First published.

Documents

Disposal System Specification Part A: High Level Requirements

Ref: ISBN 978-1-84029-554-2

PDF, 717 KB, 53 pages

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Disposal System Specification Part B: Technical Specification

Ref: ISBN 978-1-84029-555-9

PDF, 2.51 MB, 145 pages

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Derived Inventory Report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-84029-556-6

PDF, 3.64 MB, 183 pages

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Derived Inventory: Scenarios Report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-84029-557-3

PDF, 2.09 MB, 129 pages

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Details

The Disposal System Specification is described in four documents:

  • Disposal System Specification Part A: High Level Requirements
  • Disposal System Specification Part B: Technical Specification
  • Derived Inventory Report
  • Derived Inventory: Scenarios Report

Note: the Derived Inventory Report and the Derived Inventory Scenarios Report on this page employ 2013 data. The generic Disposal System Safety Case is based on these figures. NWS has now published updated figures as the 2022 Inventory for Geological Disposal, which will be used to progressively update the gDSSC.

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