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Data received from fixed and mobile monitors measuring the ambient (background) gamma radiation dose rate across the UK.
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.
Publication of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Operational…
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.
Annual assessment report of radioactivity in food and the environment and the public's exposure to radiation.
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).
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.
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