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View the permit issued for European Metal Recycling Leeds, Leeds under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
LLWR’s Parent Body Organisation (PBO) has transformed the low level radioactive waste industry since its inception in 2008 – after first resolving an immediate UK capacity crisis at the Repository.
National Geological Screening for a GDF - A summary of the geological attributes of the region
MCERTS performance standard is for laboratories undertaking radioanalytical testing of water.
This document provides the performance standards for open path ambient air quality monitoring systems.
Guidance for the elements of the Mining Waste Directive relating to the drawing up of off-site emergency plans for Category A sites.
How to meet the rules in your permit if you use mobile plant to spread waste to land for agricultural benefit or ecological improvement.
U5 exemption allows you to store and use biodiesel produced from waste as fuel in portable generators and motor vehicles.
T18 exemption allows you to treat waste by using flocculants to remove water so that clay or water-based paints can be recovered.
National Geological Screening for a GDF - Northern Ireland region
Regional information from our screening work, and its relevance to the siting of a GDF
This page provides information on the management of High Heat Generating Waste (HHGW) prior to disposal.
This page provides introductory information on High Heat Generating Waste (HHGW).
Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.
European and UK regulations govern how you can move radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel into or out of the country.
Who, what, why and where
This page describes how Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW) is transported from interim storage facilities to a GDF.
Work out the toxic equivalency factors of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) to calculate their concentration.
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