Radioactive
The Nuclear Institute is pleased to announce that the ninth in its series of Radioactive Materials Transport and Storage conferences will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on the 22nd to the 24th of May 2012.
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Progress to deal with radioactive sludge in the Sellafield 60-year-old Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP) has been impressive, with several milestones recently achieved.
The next plenary meeting of CORWM the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management will be at Old Trafford in Manchester on 26 April 2012.
The NDA has published an overview of all its higher activity waste (HAW), providing details of where the material arises and how it is being handled.
The West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership has launched a formal public consultation to consider whether West Cumbria should take part in the search for a site for a repository for the UK’s higher activity radioactive waste.
SEPA has announced its intention to hold a public consultation on the proposed solid low level radioactive waste disposal facility at Dounreay.
ONR guidance on radioactive waste management has been updated as a result of comments received since February 2010.
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A consultation workshop on ‘Bulk Quantities’ of radioactive matter took place on 24 October 2011, allowing consultees the opportunity to ask ONR any questions of clarification before responding formally.
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation ONR extends its remit as a new team with regulatory responsibility for the transportation of radioactive material joins the organisation.
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Some people hear “radioactive materials transport” and immediately become petrified. The facts simply don’t support that fear. And, moving these products is essential and necessary for public health, manufacturing, science and engineering.
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