West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group
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Members of the committee
Mr D W Moore, Seascale PC
Mr D W Moore, Seascale PC
Key projects
The Sellafield site comprises a range of nuclear facilities, including redundant facilities associated with defence work, facilities associated with the Magnox reprocessing programme, the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, the Sellafield Mox plant, a range of waste treatment plants and the Calder Hall power station, which ceased operations in 2003.
The Sellafield site comprises a range of nuclear facilities, including redundant facilities associated with defence work, facilities associated with the Magnox reprocessing programme, the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant, the Sellafield Mox plant, a range of waste treatment plants and the Calder Hall power station, which ceased operations in 2003.
Key Projects
UK Waste Treatment Project Experience
UK Waste Treatment Project Experience
LLW Repository
LLWR is the UK’s only dedicated facility for the disposal of low level radioactive waste and has operated safely since 1959. Low level waste (LLW) mainly arises from the nuclear industry, power generation, and decommissioning activities, but it is also created by research, healthcare, defence and the oil and gas industries. LLW is typically comprised of materials used in a radioactive operating environment such as paper, cardboard, plastic, protective clothing, soil, rubble and metal. The waste is containerised for transport to the site by either rail or road. Wherever possible, LLW is treated and/or compacted to reduce the final disposal volume and upon arrival at LLWR, the containers are grouted prior to emplacement in engineered concrete vaults.
LLWR is the UK’s only dedicated facility for the disposal of low level radioactive waste and has operated safely since 1959. Low level waste (LLW) mainly arises from the nuclear industry, power generation, and decommissioning activities, but it is also created by research, healthcare, defence and the oil and gas industries. LLW is typically comprised of materials used in a radioactive operating environment such as paper, cardboard, plastic, protective clothing, soil, rubble and metal. The waste is containerised for transport to the site by either rail or road. Wherever possible, LLW is treated and/or compacted to reduce the final disposal volume and upon arrival at LLWR, the containers are grouted prior to emplacement in engineered concrete vaults.
Site location
The Low Level Waste Repository is at Drigg which is on the coast about four miles south of Sellafield, between Seascale and Ravenglass.
The Low Level Waste Repository is at Drigg which is on the coast about four miles south of Sellafield, between Seascale and Ravenglass.