Sellafield Ltd Annual Review of Environmental Performance 2024/25
This review provides information on the environmental impacts of Sellafield Ltd activities, monitored and assessed over the last 12 months.
Documents
Details
This review includes information on our carbon footprint, non-radiological environmental impacts, radiological dose, impacts on groundwater and management of solid waste.
The key points are:
-
radioactive discharges (aerial and liquid) were well below the permitted limits and were generally lower than those in 2023.
-
this report also includes estimated radiological doses to members of the public. It concludes that doses, even to the most exposed group, remain very low and much lower than the public dose limit for exposure to artificial radiation.
-
direct carbon emissions are in the region of 171,000 tonnes of CO2e, an estimated 41% below our Carbon Management Plan ‘business as usual’ trajectory.
-
we continue to manage our routine groundwater monitoring programme alongside an enhanced programme of monitoring in support of our Magnox Swarf Storage Silo leak management plan.
All statutory monitoring and reporting requirements were delivered in accordance with permits, including monitoring of local beaches and the ongoing collation, analysis and reporting of waste discharge and disposal data that underpins our environmental performance.