The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

Our current work

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Key documents on our current work

2009 CoRWM Report to Government on Interim Storage (doc. 2500)
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2009 CoRWM Report to Government on Geological Disposal (doc. 2550)
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2009 CoRWM Report to Government on Research and Development (doc. 2543)
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CoRWM’s Proposed Work Programme 2012-15 (doc 3022)
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Our work programme for 2012-13 is set out in a document submitted to Government at the end of March 2012 (doc. 3022)Size: [175 KB] File Type: [.pdf].

The committee is currently drafting a proposed work programme for 2013-2016 and will be submitting it to Government in April 2013. 

Overview of our current work

Topics and tasks we are working on at the moment

 


Underground investigations (courtesy of NDA)
 

Interim
storage

Our work on treatment, packaging, storage and transport of higher activity wastes


Vitrification of HLW (courtesy of NDA)
 

Geological
disposal

Finding a site for geological disposal and designing a disposal facility
 


Underground transport (courtesy of SKB)
 

 

New nuclear power wastes

Waste from potential new nuclear power stations


A Pressure Water Reactor (courtesy of DECC)
 

Scottish Government policy

Scotland’s higher activity waste policy


Storage facility (courtesy of NDA)
 

Engagement

Public & stakeholder engagement


Stakeholder engagement
 

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