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Environment Agency 2021 annual report on the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England and the work we do to regulate them.
A methodology and spreadsheet system used by the Environment Agency to assess radiation doses to people and wildlife.
Data on compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime for 2021.
A report by the Committee on the implications of an inshore location for the delivery of a GDF.
A review and assessment of the potential construction and operational costs for a geological disposal facility.
New NWS report highlights significant and long-term opportunities for a local workforce and GDF to create more than 4,000 jobs within the first 25 years.
How radiation affects people, the consequences of a nuclear accident and the measures used to protect public health in the event of an accident.
A review and update of the methodology for evaluating the release fractions (RFs) for Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) impact accident scenarios.
Site characterisation supports the evaluation of the potential for sites to meet safety requirements for a GDF for UK’s higher-activity radioactive wastes.
Environment Agency 2020 annual report on the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England and the work we do to regulate them.
Data on compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime for 2020.
Overview of waste materials designated for disposal in a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF)
This provides a preliminary judgement as to the potential acceptability for disposal to a geological disposal facility of the waste packages expected to arise from the UK Hua-long Pressurised Reactor (UK HPR1000).
Summary of work to develop a feasible concept for a reusable Large Waste Transport Container to transport Higher Activity Waste to a Geological Disposal Facility.
Final report of the independent inquiry led by Steve Holliday.
This contractor report to RWM sets out a review of bentonite erosion.
Current industry knowledge on uranium hydride behaviour and the potential consequences of this behaviour for geological disposal facility (GDF) safety cases.
An exploration of feasible processes for accelerating implementation of a geological disposal facility (GDF) in the United Kingdom
A team of experts conducted a review of operational safety at Torness nuclear power station on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
A team of experts conducted a review of the UK’s framework for nuclear and radiological safety, on behalf of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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