CORWM’S ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT ON OPTIONS FOR THE ACCELERATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL

This paper is a response to a request from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for CoRWM’s advice on the 2011 review of options for accelerating the geological disposal programme carried out by the Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD) of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The paper gives CoRWM’s views on:<br><br>the key issues involved in deciding whether and how to accelerate the geological<br>disposal programme<br>the methodology used by RWMD in its assessment of acceleration options<br>the disposal concepts considered by RWMD<br>RWMD’s future work on acceleration<br>future Government decision making on acceleration