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 crucial part of NWS's vision to make nuclear waste permanently safe, sooner.
GDFs are internationally recognised as the best solution for the safe and permanent disposal of the most hazardous radioactive waste. A GDF is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and one of the largest environmental protection programmes in the UK and underpins the drive for energy security and climate change commitments by enabling new nuclear energy.
NWS CEO Corhyn Parr said:
We're proud to be delivering the GDF programme to protect people and our environment and take responsibility for future generations.
We're making great progress, engaging with three communities and working to ensure people have access to the information they need to make an informed decision. Our site evaluation work is also progressing, and early analysis shows that the areas involved have the potential to host a GDF.
Looking ahead, we're excited to hear the ideas for long-term investment plans and community visions from local people and stakeholders, while our site evaluation work will continue and help inform decisions on the communities to move forward in the process.
