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UK Nuclear Industry LLW Strategy
The draft UK Strategy for the Management of Solid Low Level Radioactive Waste was transmitted to Government for review and approval...
Site Overview
- Support to NDA competition process and transition to a new Parent Body Organisation (PBO)
- Decommissioning of Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) facilities with ongoing retrieval of uranium hexafluoride (Hex) cylinders, drums and secondary waste
- Safe and cost-effective remediation and decommissioning of PCM facilities by 2010
- Detailed design work for Vault 9 and planning for future Low Level Waste (LLW) storage/disposal capacity
- Continuing LLW receipt, treatment, storage/disposal operations
- Ongoing work to achieve consensus on site end state, radiological capacity of site and site assessment of closure measures
The site's phased activities
