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This page describes the current container design concept for the disposal of High Heat Generating Waste (HHGW).
Dstl’s incinerator facility near Salisbury provides a specialist disposal solution for hazardous or high security waste materials.
The UK’s policy on the import and export of radioactive waste and spent fuel has not changed, but there are some changes to the processes that operators need to follow.
How regulators determine fit and proper person status when you apply for approval as a compliance scheme or accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter.
National Geological Screening for a GDF - Eastern England region
The requirements for packaging DNLEU
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can burn or incinerate waste following an animal disease outbreak or infection identified by the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
View the permit issued for Esholt Waste Water Treatment Works, Bradford under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
Know when waste derived biodiesel is no longer waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on cleaning and sterilising waste medical instruments containing metal to allow the waste metal to be recovered elsewhere.
View the permit issued for Chapterhouse Transfer Station, Ellesmere Port under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
View the permit issued for Welwyn Garden City Hazardous Waste Treatment and Transfer Facility, Welwyn Garden City under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2025.
When aggregate made from steel slag is no longer waste.
Decommissioning the UK’s fleet of Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGR).
Environment Agency regulatory position on the recovery of silver from waste photographic and X-ray developer and fixer solutions.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing vehicles carrying waste that have been seized by or on behalf of the seizure authority.
Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for printing of flexible packaging.
Where and how to contact Nuclear Waste Services
Advanced manufacturing and materials (AMM) Phase 2 is a £20 million investment programme focusing on increasing the manufacturing or technology readiness levels of technologies.
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