Land quality management and site stewardship

Background

We are interested in new technologies and techniques that could improve how we characterise ground and groundwater. We are particularly interested in new technologies and techniques that would improve our ability to predict changes in ground and groundwater for example, migration of radionuclides, and remotely monitor any changes over long periods of time. We are also interested in new technologies and techniques for the management of our ground and groundwater such as extraction of radionuclides from groundwater or reducing the movement of radionuclides within contaminated ground.

Next steps

Get in touch with research@nda.gov.uk

Related UKRI funded projects


  • One Year extension of National Capability Official Development Assistance - Geoscience for Sustainable Futures

    As per original proposal-see below. Whether at the scale of a field, a village, a city, a country, or a continent, geology is fundamental to understanding human-environment interactions and delivering the UN SDGs. This ...

    Funded by: NERC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on geoscience research related to groundwater, soils, and environmental modeling, which aligns with the question's interest in technologies for characterizing ground and groundwater.

  • Geoscience for Sustainable Futures

    Whether at the scale of a field, a village, a city, a country, or a continent, geology is fundamental to understanding human-environment interactions and delivering the UN SDGs. This project will, for the first time, int...

    Funded by: NERC

    Why might this be relevant?

    Similar to the previous project, this one also addresses geoscience research related to groundwater, soils, and urban planning, aligning with the question's focus on ground and groundwater management.

  • Groundscreen Brownfield Risk Calculator

    COVID-19 has resulted in the significant disruption to the construction and property sector, as well as having significant financial impacts on local authority revenues. Groundscreen is a cloud-based digital planning too...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    While this project focuses on a ground risk calculator for brownfield sites, it partially addresses the question by providing tools for assessing ground conditions, although not specifically related to radionuclides or groundwater contamination.

  • Materials to Land: Supporting better regulation and sustainable soil use decisions

    Recovery of appropriate waste and waste-derived materials, including biosolids, to land is an important source of nutrients and soil improvers, reducing costs to both industry and land managers, while improving resource ...

    Funded by: NERC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on soil composition and prediction, which aligns with the interest in characterizing ground and groundwater.

  • Integrating artificial intelligence technologies for subsurface pollution fate prediction and risk assessment

    Dr Bortone is a researcher in soil and groundwater sciences and environmental engineering, with expertise in fluid flow and hydrogeochemical process modelling, who aspires to learn information and communication technolog...

    Funded by: EPSRC

  • Information-based Strategies for LAND Remediation

    The Information-based Strategies for LAND Remediation (ISLANDR) project is cross-disciplinary and multi-actor and aims to promote the delivery of Green Deal objectives, in particular achieving Zero Pollution by reducing ...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

  • SURRI :Sustainable Remediation of Radionuclide Impacts on Land and Critical Materials Recovery

    The project “Sustainable Remediation of Radionuclide Impacts on Land and Critical Materials Recovery (SURRI)” aims to establish a multinational shared research agenda and project pipeline for addressing the challenges ra...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

  • ROBUST:Regeneration Of Brownfield Using Sustainable Technologies

    ROBUST stands for Regeneration Of Brownfield Using Sustainable Technologies. 'Brownfield' is land which has been previously developed, sometimes for industrial purposes, as opposed to 'greenfield' which has never been de...

    Funded by: EPSRC

  • BGS Geoscience to tackle global environmental challenges

    Global environmental challenges will be the focus of BGS' research, specifically: strengthening adaptation and resilience to geological hazards and climate change; security and sustainability of resource supply chains; a...

    Funded by: NERC

  • MIDST-CZ: Maximising Impact by Decision Support Tools for sustainable soil and water through UK-China Critical Zone science

    This collaborative UK-China project proposes will establish a suite of Decision Support Tools (DSTs) that incorporate knowledge advances from the ongoing Phase 1 UK-China Critical Zone science research programme. With th...

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