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Data received from fixed and mobile monitors measuring the ambient (background) gamma radiation dose rate across the UK.
The government has commissioned an independent review of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to assess its performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
Background The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is responsible for…
Annual assessment report of radioactivity in food and the environment and the public's exposure to radiation.
General summary Radioactivity is all around us. It occurs naturally in the…
Technical summary This section is divided into the following topics to…
Foreword The UK’s environmental regulators and food safety agencies are…
Previous RIFE reports are available on the National Archives. RIFE 29,…
Data on compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime for 2024.
Review of activities regulated by the Environment Agency in 2024-25.
Overview of the types of radioactive waste (and nuclear materials that could be declared as waste) to be disposed of in a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF)
Review of activities regulated by the Environment Agency in 2023-24.
Data on compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime for 2023.
A team of experts conducted a follow up review of the UK’s framework for nuclear and radiological safety, on behalf of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
A review of progress on the delivery of the recommendations made in the 2022 Post Implementation Review of the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
We commission scientific research and development, worth several million pounds a year, to support waste management.
An IAEA-led team of independent industry experts conducted a review of operational safety at Heysham 2 nuclear power station.
Data on compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime for 2022.
Environment Agency 2022 annual report on the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England and the work we do to regulate them.
This report has been prepared by British Geological Survey, under contract, in support of the UK Geological Disposal Facility Programme.
Report looking at the potential use of robotic and autonomous systems in the UK's geological disposal facility (GDF).
This report, carried out by know.consulting, was commissioned by the NDA to deliver a baseline benefits assessment of the past and current NDA innovation portfolio. Figures and terminology were accurate at the time the repor…
Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme sustainability ‘first look’ paper setting out how sustainability is, and will continue to be, at the heart of the GDF programme.
This document lists and links to a wide range of scientific and technical information relating to geological disposal in published reports, conference and journal papers.
This document forms part of the Waste Package Specification and Guidance Documentation (WPSGD), a suite of documents prepared and issued by Nuclear Waste Services (NWS).
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