There is a considerable amount of R&D underway by Nuclear Waste Services to support the delivery of existing approaches to disposal such as a Geological Disposal Facility and Low Level Waste Repository. We are interested in alternatives to these existing approaches where they show lifecycle benefits. This includes in situ disposal and near-surface disposal. We are also interested in technologies and techniques that would improve the design, construction, operation and closure of disposal facilities.
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Legacy waste treatment and disposal, as well as decommissioning and site remediation, from the last 60 years of the UK's civil nuclear program are conservatively estimated at a cost of 70B for the UK taxpayer. The divers...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
Addresses in situ disposal, technologies for disposal facilities, and lifecycle benefits.
**Vision:** A containment solution for domestic and international nuclear waste management and decommissioning markets, specifically targeting unshielded legacy and new build waste streams. This represents a stable marke...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: EADON CONSULTING LIMITED
Focuses on cost-effective waste collection and storage, but does not cover in situ or near-surface disposal.
The UK Government, through its most recent Energy White Paper, remains committed to Nuclear Power as an important part of the energy generation capacity over the next 30 - 50 years, and possibly beyond. The recently publ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
Addresses waste management and decommissioning, but does not specifically cover in situ or near-surface disposal.