West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group

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.