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The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) provides independent advice to the UK government on the long-term management of radioactive waste. It evaluates options and recommends strategies to ensure safe, sustainable disposal solutions.
Based on publicly published press releases (last 12 months)
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Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Four Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) members travelled to Andalucia to visit the El Cabril low and intermediate level nuclear waste ...
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Members of CoRWM look at preparations for transporting nuclear waste, including shipping at Barrow Port and rail options around Cumbria....
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Members met on Anglesey to learn more about the potential new nuclear development at its Closed and Open Plenary meetings....
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Members were given an overview of the scale of the problem and challenges faced in the decommissioning of the site....
Monday, 04 March 2024
Details of our plenary meetings (all open to the public) for 2024....
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
In September, members of CoRWM visited the Trawsfyndd site in Snowdonia....
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
In July, members of CoRWM visited the Waste Treatment Complex at Sellafield....
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
In June, members of CoRWM visited the Underground Research Laboratory at Bure in France which is run by the French National Radioactive Waste Agency (...
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
CoRWM members visit Sellafield to see current processing and storage of waste on site. ...
Wednesday, 08 December 2021
We visited the Culham Centre to find out more about plans to implement and regulate the revolutionary new fusion technology....
Monday, 10 May 2021
We have published a paper setting out how a geological disposal facility (GDF) would be regulated and by whom, so that the public and host communities...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste...
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) visited Dounreay, Britain's former centre of nuclear fast reactor research and development....
Friday, 08 March 2019
CoRWM and RWM discussed public awareness and engagement about waste treatment and disposal activities with a research team from Tokyo....
Wednesday, 07 November 2018
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) visited Hinkley Point C on 2 October 2018....
Wednesday, 07 November 2018
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) visited Sizewell B on 5 October 2018....
Monday, 23 July 2018
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) visited Sellafield on the 20 June 2018....
Monday, 23 July 2018
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) visited Dalton Cumbrian Facility on 19 June 2018....
Monday, 23 July 2018
Our plenary meetings are open to the public....
Monday, 02 July 2018
Greg Clark appoints Sir Nigel Thrift as the new Chair to the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM)....
Friday, 27 April 2018
CoRWM has submitted responses to 3 consultations on key GDF policy....
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
CoRWM is seeking applications for the position of Chair of the Committee....
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) visited Sellafield on the 5 October 2017. ...
Monday, 09 October 2017
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) visited the Low Level Waste Repository on the 4 October 2017....
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Professor Lynda Warren, former CoRWM Deputy Chair, was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours...
Monday, 07 August 2017
Our plenary meetings are open, meaning members of the public can observe them and ask questions....
Friday, 09 September 2016
Our plenary meetings are open, meaning members of the public can observe them and ask questions. ...
Wednesday, 02 March 2016
The Committee has restarted its eBulletins. This one looks back at the Committee's work in 2015....
Wednesday, 02 March 2016
The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) is recruiting for eleven members....
Tuesday, 06 October 2015
CoRWM is holding a plenary meeting on Thursday, 22 October 2015 in London....
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