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  1. News from NWS: Property Value Protection Scheme

    Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has published a Property Value Protection scheme designed to support those who could be affected by the siting process for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). It is available to those who can demonstrate a compelling need to sell their property but who have been unable to do so, other than at […]

  2. South Copeland GDF Community Partnership Newsletter – Issue 7

    Welcome to the seventh newsletter from the South Copeland GDF Community Partnership. We’re now into our third year as part of the GDF programme. As a Community Partnership we aim to assist everyone in the local community through the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) process, by seeking out and sharing relevant information, discussing concerns and answering […]

  3. Over £500,000 awarded to South Copeland projects from GDF programme

    The South Copeland GDF Community Partnership’s Investment Panel has awarded over £500,000 in Community Investment Funding (CIF) to local projects so far during its third year, as the area takes part in the search for a suitable site for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). A GDF is an underground facility designed to safely and securely […]

  4. News from Nuclear Waste Services: GDF programme progressing at pace – GDF Report 2024

    Three communities engaged in GDF programme – one of the largest environmental protection programmes in the UK. Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has published its 2024 Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Report detailing progress of the GDF siting process.   The UK has benefitted from a world-leading nuclear sector for many decades, and the GDF programme is […]

  5. News from Nuclear Waste Services: The Journey to a GDF

    A Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is a facility designed to safely and securely dispose of the most hazardous radioactive waste in highly engineered vaults and tunnels deep underground. The GDF programme requires NWS to find both a suitable site and a willing community and is still in the early stages. GDFs are internationally recognised by […]

  6. International focus: Sweden

    A number of countries worldwide are progressing plans to develop a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). They include France, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Japan and Canada. No country has operated a final repository for High Level Waste or spent nuclear fuel yet, but Finland, Sweden and France are at the forefront. In Sweden, there has been community […]

  7. Explaining the multi-barrier approach of a GDF

    You might have heard the term ‘multi-barrier approach’ during discussions about geological disposal. But what is this, exactly? The GDF developer, NWS, say that a combination of natural and man-made barriers will contain the waste in a GDF, and these work together to help safely isolate the radioactive waste. Containment means keeping the waste where […]