Consultation on managing radioactive waste safely: a framework for implementing geological disposal
The Government’s response to the independent Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) on 25 October 2006 committed to consult on how implementation of geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste can be taken forward.
Following from that commitment, the UK Government and the Welsh and Northern Ireland devolved administrations have published a framework for the long term management of higher activity radioactive waste. This was set out in the consultation document entitled “Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: a Framework for Implementing Geological Disposal”.
We sought views not only on the technical aspects of developing a disposal facility, but how we can engage most effectively with those communities that might have a potential interest in hosting the facility.
The document itself did not represent a call for communities to express an interest in hosting a geological disposal facility. Its purpose was to seek views on how Government should go about calling for expressions of interest, and how a geological disposal facility should be developed. It is about the process. A call for communities to express an interest will come later, once the responses to the consultation have been assessed and Government has published the White Paper in 2008.
Consultation summary
The consultation closed on 2 November 2007 and the responses have been summarised.
- Consultation summary letter (PDF 30 KB)
- Summary and Analysis of Responses to the Consultation on Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: A Framework for Implementing Geological Disposal (PDF 300 KB)
- Ministerial statement
Consultation documents
- Consultation letter
- List of consultees
- Consultation document (PDF 783 KB)
- Consultation response template (PDF 50 KB): this version can be printed, handwritten and returned by post
- Consultation response template
(250 KB): we recommend that you save this to your computer before completing it
Consultation regional events
- Consultation regional events - three one-day events, to encourage and facilitate responses to the MRWS consultation.
Further information
- Higher activity radioactive waste pages
- Written Ministerial Statement by Ian Pearson
- Defra news release 195/07: Government consults on long-term radioactive waste management plans
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Page last modified: 10 January 2008
Page published: 25 June 2007