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GDF report highlights a year of progress
The Waste Metric Dashboard summarises progress on the diversion of waste away from disposal to the LLW Repository and on the environmental performance of the National Waste Programme.
JWMPs identify projects and activities to support the embedding and implementation of the Strategy and good practice within these organisations. JWMPs also provide a 5-year forecast of waste arisings.
This Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Quality Strategy underpins our Corporate Strategy, and is an essential enabler for the achievement of our vision and mission.
Information on the socio-economic work being carried out by LLWR and the funding available.
There are five assessments relating to operational safety
This document provides a overall guide to the suite of publications in the safety case.
The three main reports of the generic Disposal System Safety Case (DSSC) cover transport, operational and environmental safety.
Environmental, socio-economic and health aspects of the GDF are addressed in the following assessments.
The DSSC contains a number of detailed assessments for different aspects of the safety case. The first of these relate to transport safety.
The long term environmental safety of radioactive waste in a GDF is addressed in the Post-Closure Safety Assessment.
The illustrative designs in this section describe the processes for transport and emplacement of waste and the design characteristics that a disposal facility will need to include.
A high-level summary of the problematic waste inventory within the UK nuclear industry as collected in 2016.
The dashboard summarises progress on diversion of waste from disposal to the LLW Repository and the environmental performance of the National Waste Programme.
This short guide provides a basic introduction to geological disposal: a permanent solution for managing radioactive waste.
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