Currently, the UK’s inventory of radioactive waste is safely stored at multiple sites around the country. That’s manageable in the interim but it’s not a permanent solution. The answer is clear.

The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at Sellafield.

Then, in the second half of the century, a much deeper geological disposal site will be dug, which will hold the UK's "most dangerous waste", such as plutonium, said The Telegraph.

The UK has produced radioactive waste since the dawn of the nuclear age some 70 years ago. The waste comes from nuclear power stations, medical and industrial facilities and the defence programme.

The right stuff. Under current disposal plans, this radioactive waste will be sealed in a "multibarrier" system—a series of canisters within canisters, engineered to contain the waste for ...

14:30, Mon, Jun 30, 2025 Updated: 18:57, Mon, Jun 30, 2025 Residents voiced fury over a proposal to bury radioactive waste at a landfill site, and insist the area is not the country's "dumping ...

The report, which was published by the UK's Radioactive Waste Management division in 2018 and brought to light by the “Love Your Lough” Facebook page earlier this month, identifies “granites ...

Radioactive Waste Management Limited, the company tasked with developing a Geological Disposal Facility in the UK, has set out its approach to GDF site evaluation in England and Wales, following a ...

Nuclear power has been part of the UK's energy mix for 70 years and currently provides about 15% of the UK's electricity. At present, harmful radioactive waste from nuclear power stations is ...

An artist’s impression of a deep borehole for nuclear waste disposal by Sandia National Laboratories in 2012. Red lines show the depth of mined repositories: Onkalo is the Finnish one, and WIPP ...

The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a secure facility at Sellafield in Cumbria. The UK has the world's largest stockpile of the ...

Augean wants to be able to dispose of low-level radioactive waste disposal in both of them. The firm handed in its application on in August 2019, with locals voicing strong opposition to the plans.