WCSSG Consultation on the Future of the Sellafield and Low Level Waste Sites

The consultation for Site End States/Uses is now complete. Thank you to those of you who participated either through attending the workshops in January and April or by completing the questionnaires. A report has been produced by Westlakes Scientific Consulting which details the findings of the consultation, and this has been delivered to the NDA. Click here to read it. (1Mb)

The report has also been sent to local councils for comment and their responses are given below.

Allerdale Borough Council.
Cumbria County Council.

The links below are to the documents produced for the consultation and the questionnaire used for your responses.

Plutonium Contaminated Materials (PCM) at Harwell and Sellafield sites

BNGSL and UKAEA are carrying out a consultation process on the preferred treatment processes for plutonium contaminated materials held at Sellafield and on PCM held at the UKAEA managed site at Harwell in Oxfordshire. Consultation events will be held this summer, to find out more click on the link below.

BNGSL/UKAEA Consultation on PCM

Meeting to Discuss the Future of the Windscale Licensed Site

This meeting was held at Sella Park House on 29th August 2006. The meeting was convened to consider the WCSSG’s response to Dr Simper’s (NDA) letter of 4th August 2006 – "Discussion on the future of the Windscale Nuclear Licensed site". The links below comprise a report on the meeting, Dr Simpers presentation and the WCSSG response to the NDA.

Report from the meeting
WCSSG response to the NDA on the future of the Windscale Licensed Site
Presentation by Dr A Simper (NDA) on the Relationship between Sellafield and Windscale

Consultation on the Future of the Sellafield Site

Responses to the first Single Issue Consultation were received from participants up to the end of January this year. A summary report has now been produced which can be read by clicking on the document title below.

"The Future of the Sellafield Site - A Single Issue Consultation undertaken by the West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group
- Summary report produced on behalf of the West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group by Westlakes Scientific Consulting Limited"

The following document introduces the consultation process for those who did not participate in this one:

Introduction to the Consultation Process

Make sure that you are able to take part by registering to receive notification of future consultations.
Click on the Register for Consultations button below!

DEFRA Consultation

DEFRA consulted on the long term management of solid low level radioactive waste in the UK and asked the WCSSG secretariat to alert members to this fact. The consultation document, along with forms for responding were available from the following website address:

www.peoplescienceandpolicy.com/llw/index.html

Responses to the consultation had to be sent in writing or by email to the following address by 31st May 06:

John Howley, Radioactive Substances Division Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
3/G25 Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street London SW1E 6DE email address: john.howley@defra.gsi.gov.uk

If you have any questions regarding the consultation, please contact Katherine Mondon, DEFRA on 020 7082 8471 or email her on kath.mondon@defra.gsi.gov.uk

NDA Draft Strategy Consultation

The WCSSG has sent a response to the NDA as part of their consultation on their Draft Strategy for UK nuclear sites. The response can be viewed by clicking on the link below. The covering letter to the NDA which was sent with the response is also available below.

Response in PDF Format

Covering letter

Environment Agency Consultation on Regulation of LLW at Drigg

Click here for information on this recent EA consultation