Disposal of waste

Background

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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Related UKRI funded projects

  • DIAMOND: Decommissioning, Immobilisation And Management Of Nuclear wastes for Disposal

    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

    Why might this be relevant?

    Addresses in situ disposal, technologies for disposal facilities, and lifecycle benefits.

  • An innovative cost saving solution for 100 years of nuclear waste containment

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    Funded by: Innovate UK

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    Why might this be relevant?

    The project offers an innovative cost-saving solution for nuclear waste containment, addressing the need for alternatives to existing disposal approaches and improvements in disposal facility design.

  • Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Storage soluTIons for NuClear wasTe InVEntories (DISTINCTIVE)

    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

    Why might this be relevant?

    Addresses waste management and decommissioning, but does not specifically cover in situ or near-surface disposal.

  • HADES: A User Facility for High Activity Decommissioning Engineering Science

    HM Government's civil nuclear energy policy has the threefold objectives of: exploiting nuclear power for low carbon, reliable and affordable electricity generation; decommissioning the legacy of historic nuclear fuel cy...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield

  • TRANSCEND: Transformative Science and Engineering for Nuclear Decommissioning

    UK government is committed to nuclear energy having an important role in delivering a secure, low-carbon and affordable energy future, with their aspirations for new build power stations and life extension of the existin...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

  • Chair in Decommissioning Engineering

    The proposed research will develop generic knowledge in the field of decommissioning engineering that can be used to solve problems associated with nuclear decommissioning. The work will be carried out under the auspices...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Manchester

  • Glass Bridges – Addressing Scale-up Challenges of The Vitrification of Secondary Wastes from UK and Japanese Nuclear Decommissioning

    Both the UK and Japan are facing challenges in addressing the long-term legacy of nuclear power generation, decommissioning, and site clean-up. At complex sites like Sellafield and Fukushima Daiichi, large inventories of...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

  • Platform for Long-term Experimental Investigation of Alteration in Disposal Environments and Storage - PLEIADES

    PLEIADES will establish essential research infrastructure to underpin the development of decommissioning, interim storage and disposal safety cases for radio-materials arising from legacy, new build and future nuclear fu...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield

  • Integrated Innovation for Nuclear Decommissioning

    Our aim is to develop a modular integrated platform that will combine state-of-the-art technology with tried and tested decommissioning ‘know-how’. We will use experience from the conventional decommissioning sectors, co...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: JACOBS CLEAN ENERGY LIMITED

  • Critical Analysis of Spent Fuel Structure in Radionuclide Release

    As a result of 60 years of using nuclear energy in civil and defence operations, the UK has generated a large legacy of nuclear waste, with a total volume capable of filling Wembley Stadium (450,000m3). The hazards posed...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield