Please see below numerous updates from the Office for
Nuclear Development, DECC:
1. Today
the UK Government has published a renewed process for siting a Geological
Disposal Facility.
Implementing Geological Disposal outlines an approach
based on working with interested communities, beginning with two years of
actions overseen by Government and intended to address issues that the public
and stakeholders have told us are important to them.
The UK Government remains committed to geological
disposal as the right policy for the long-term, safe and secure management of
higher activity radioactive waste.
Along with this we have also published the
Implementing Geological Disposal: Annual Report for April 2013 – March 2014:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-geological-disposal-annual-report-april-2013-march-2014
2. The
Office for Nuclear Development has today published a consultation seeking views
on the Secretary of State’s proposed decision to Justify the UK Advanced
Boiling Water Reactor (UK ABWR) designed by Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy,
Ltd. The consultation has two
volumes, Volume 1 summarises the purpose
of the consultation and provides guidance on how to respond. Volume 2 sets out
the background to Regulatory Justification and the evidence the Secretary of
State has taken into account in coming to his proposed decision.
The consultation can be found on the DECC website at
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-secretary-of-states-proposed-decision-as-justifying-authority-on-the-regulatory-justification-of-the-uk-advanced-boiling-water-re
3. Today
the Scottish Government, on behalf of DECC and the Devolved Administrations for
Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, is publishing the first UK strategy for
Low Level Radioactive Waste from Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials. The
strategy can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strategy-for-the-management-of-naturally-occurring-radioactive-material-norm-waste-in-the-united-kingdom
Kind regards,
The Office for Nuclear Development
