West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group
Key projects
Key Projects include:
- Construction of Vault 9 - provides essential additional capacity for the management of Low Level Waste.
- PCM Decommissioning Project - clean up of legacy waste from historical operations. Predominantly resulting from the retrieval, repackaging and return of plutonium contaminated material to site of origin.
- Production of Environmental Safety Case - in support of current operations and making the case for continued operations at the repository.
- Innovations - consideration of a number of waste treatment initiatives that either reduce waste arisings or provide alternative disposal routes, thus preserving a valuable national asset for generations to come.