Resources

Our resource page contains information, help and advice that you might find useful.

In addition you can find information about GDF on these independent regulators’ websites:

Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)

the Environment Agency (EA)

Our work is scrutinised by an independent body set up by the government, the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, (CoRWM).

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What is a GDF?

There is international consensus that the safest permanent solution to manage higher activity radioactive waste is geological disposal, which involves putting the waste in a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) beneath several hundred metres of solid rock.

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The benefits of a GDF

Having a GDF in the UK will create jobs and guaranteed investment for the host community.

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How we work together

The process of finding a site for a GDF is consent-based; communities will be able to work in partnership with us, so that people will have the opportunity to create a future that works for them.

RWM information

Please explore the documents below for further information on geological disposal.

An introduction to geological disposal

Community Guidance – how we will work with communities in England

What is radioactive waste?

What will go into a GDF?

Geological disposal: the multi-barrier approach

What will a GDF look like?

Further resources

See below additional links and documents for more information.

Why a GDF?

Making it safe

Do I have a say?

What are the benefits?

How does it work?

Independent scrutiny

RWM - Introduction to Geological Disposal

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(Downloadable PDF)

Dr Sam King - A long-term solution to radioactive waste

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(Online Blog)

RWM - A Geological Disposal Facility is a world class solution

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(Online Video)

Dr Clare Corkhill - We Should Be Talking About Nuclear Waste

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(Online Video)

France 24 English - Nuclear waste disposal for eternity

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(Online Video)

Finland's GDF - Inside The Tunnels That Will Store Nuclear Waste For 100,000 Years

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(Online Video)

RWM - The multi-barrier approach

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(Downloadable PDF)

Lucy Bailey - Making a case for the safety of a Geological Disposal Facility

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(Online Blog)

RWM - Why is a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) a long-term solution?

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(Online Video)

RWM - Why will a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) be safe?

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(Online Video)

Environment Agency - Regulating the geological disposal of radioactive waste

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(Online Video)

RWM - Community Guidance

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(Downloadable PDF)

Marie Berggren - Building a sustainable process with the community at its heart

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(Online Blog)

RWM – Working Together

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(Online Video)

RWM - Community Guidance

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(Downloadable PDF)

RWM - How a GDF can benefit a community

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(Online Video)

Cherry Tweed - What radioactive waste actually looks like

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(Online Blog)

RWM – A Geological Disposal Facility - 360 version

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(Online Video)

GB Times - Inside Finland's Onkalo nuclear waste repository

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(Online Video)

Final repository for spent nuclear fuel

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(Online Video)

GDF, explained

Check back here to learn more about a GDF via interactive e-learning modules