2022年1月31日 · Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) manages the delivery of the UK’s first Geological Disposal Facility (GDF), as well as other large-scale capital projects in the future.

2025年1月30日 · We’re delivering a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) as the safe, secure, and long-term solution for the most hazardous radioactive waste in the UK. GDFs are internationally recognised by governments, technical experts, and scientists as the best solution for the disposal of our most hazardous radioactive waste.

Report details award winning safety record, Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) progress, and multi-million-pound savings. Works begin on the next phase of operations to close historic trenches...

2024年8月2日 · A Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is a facility designed to safely and securely dispose of the most hazardous radioactive waste in highly engineered vaults and tunnels deep underground. The GDF programme requires Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) to find both a suitable site and a willing community and is still in the early stages.

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is currently gathering information to understand if the current Search Areas, in Mid Copeland and South Copeland in Cumbria and Theddlethorpe, in Lincolnshire, could be suitable to host a GDF. A Search Area is the geographical area on land made up of one or more electoral wards, where NWS is considering potential sites.

2024年7月30日 · Using our facilities and expertise, Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) will provide for the safe disposal of waste already created over the past 70 years – and we will enable the UK Government’s...

Our mission is to be the ‘one-stop shop’ for all radioactive waste management and disposal solutions for the UK – ensuring that the right waste goes in the right place (NWS strategy document)....

Nuclear Waste Services is starting the process of evaluating four potential areas for suitability to host the UK's Geological Disposal Facility. It is expected that a final site selection could be a process which takes 10-15 years. An illustrative example of a GDF's vaults and tunnels deep under the sea bed (Image: NWS)

2022年12月15日 · Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is responsible for developing a geological disposal facility. We have established agreements with NWS to provide regulatory advice and to scrutinise...

2025年3月7日 · NWS said a GDF would only be built where there was a "suitable site with a willing community". In 2021, the district council joined a community partnership group with NWS to examine a previous ...