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This paper focuses on the implications for the management of higher activity wastes and spent fuel resulting from the development of SMRs and AMRs.
CoRWM’s priorities and tasks for 2023 to 2024.
1. Introduction from the Chair I am honoured to present this Work…
The first in a series of CoRWM Annual Reports on the progress towards the delivery of an operational geological disposal facility (GDF).
In this position paper, CoRWM considers the UK uranium inventory, its management and the disposal options.
CoRWM’s priorities and tasks for 2022.
CoRWM has set out its response to selected consultation questions in the Green Paper, Towards fusion energy, that are relevant to its remit.
CoRWM's preliminary position on the implications for decommissioning, radioactive waste management, and radioactive waste disposal associated with fusion energy.
CoRWM’s priorities and tasks for 2021.
CoRWM's position on policy, legal and regulatory issues for a GDF and associated radioactive waste management.
CoRWM's position on the potential use of deep boreholes for the disposal of solid radioactive waste.
This document sets out CoRWM's response to Radioactive Waste Management's consultation on site evaluation.
An approach to waste management issues likely to face the Scottish Government following exit from the Euratom Treaty.
The current CoRWM view on why geological disposal is the best option for disposal of higher activity radioactive waste.
CoRWM's current position on retrievability considerations for geological disposal of radioactive waste
The current position of CoRWM on safety concerns regarding a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF).
The current position of CoRWM on the safety, security and environmental protection aspects of the transport of radioactive materials.
The current position of CoRWM on selecting a site based on the ‘best geology’ for a geological disposal facility.
The current position of CoRWM on the indefinite storage of radioactive waste.
The government has published its report on the outcomes of the Triennial Review.
CoRWM's suggestions for further work by the government on co-ordination of UK nuclear research and development.
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