Lone-Term Care: Managing UKAEA Waste Package Lifetimes―During Interim Storage and Beyond

摘要

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has built and operated a wide range of nuclear facilities since the late 1940s for the development of all aspects of atomic energy research, including reactor systems, fuel and reprocessing technology, and fusion. These facilities―located on company sites at Cul-ham, Dounreay, Harwell, Windscale, and Winfrith―are varied and complex. The UKAEA has been tasked with managing the liabilities from these nuclear facilities. The UKAEA's mission is to restore the environment of its sites in a safe and secure manner, ensuring that this restoration is environmentally responsible, provides value for money, and is publicly acceptable. This restoration includes the decommissioning and removal of all redundant facilities and the conditioning of waste generated from this process to produce passively safe waste packages for long-term storage and eventual disposal in accordance with government policy.