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This paper focuses on the implications for the management of higher activity wastes and spent fuel resulting from the development of SMRs and AMRs.
The home of Committee on Radioactive Waste Management on GOV.UK. The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) provides independent scrutiny and transparent advice to the UK governments on the long-term management of…
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CoRWM position papers and archive provide our published views on specific topics of interest to our stakeholders.
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) provides independent scrutiny and transparent advice to the UK governments on the long-term management of higher activity radioactive wastes.
In June, members of CoRWM visited the Underground Research Laboratory at Bure in France which is run by the French National Radioactive Waste Agency (ANDRA).
CoRWM's 2006 recommendations to Government
In September, members of CoRWM visited the Trawsfyndd site in Snowdonia.
Find out about the structure of CoRWM and read minutes of plenary and other meetings.
The first in a series of CoRWM Annual Reports on the progress towards the delivery of an operational geological disposal facility (GDF).
CoRWM's current position on retrievability considerations for geological disposal of radioactive waste
A review and assessment of the potential construction and operational costs for a geological disposal facility.
Report looking at the potential use of robotic and autonomous systems in the UK's geological disposal facility (GDF).
This document sets out the broad framework within which the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) will operate.
Minutes from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) meetings.
Summaries of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management's (CoRWM's) advice to the government and its future plans.
In this position paper, CoRWM considers the UK uranium inventory, its management and the disposal options.
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) Code of Practice
CoRWM's preliminary position on the implications for decommissioning, radioactive waste management, and radioactive waste disposal associated with fusion energy.
Andrew Walters is an Environmental Lawyer and Chartered Town Planner. He has worked on an extensive range of project and policy work in the public and private sectors with a career stretching across 20 years in the UK and ov…
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