LLW Repository Ltd
Waste Inventory
The UK Radioactive Waste Inventory (UKRWI) is the UK’s reference dataset on radioactive waste. NDA currently manage the process on behalf of DECC and it is updated usually on a 3 yearly cycle. The information is collated from UK’s major radioactive waste producers on existing stocks and forecast arisings. The current dataset is UKRWI 2010, published on the 22nd March 2011 which has a stock date of 1st April 2010. LLWR continues to work with waste producers to improve the accuracy of all the estimates. A full LLW inventory analysis is available in the LLW Strategic Review , published Spring 2011.
A review of the UKRWI shows that information on the sites’ LLW is developing to better identify waste streams and to incorporate new waste disposal routes. The total forecast LLW volume is 4.4 million m3 which arises during 2010 to 2120. This consists of 3.3 million m3 of Very Low Level Waste (VLLW) and 1.1 million m3 of LLW. The following report examines the 2010 National LLW Inventory data on a site by site basis to consider Low Activity – Low Level Wastes (LA LLW) (i.e. waste with an activity <200Bq/g) in order to assess the material volumes that may be suitable for management via options such as metal recycling, incineration and controlled burial in permitted near surface disposal facilities.
Analysis of Near-term LA LLW within the UK Radioactive Waste Inventory 2010 (PDF)
2011 Strategic Review - The Inventory Analysis
