Regulating the geological disposal of radioactive waste: environmental protection
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The Environment Agency's role in the development and regulation of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
The Environment Agency's role in the development and regulation of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Latest news
- Environment Agency's role in geological disposal
- Joint regulation of Nuclear Waste Services
- Regulating each stage of development
- Surface-based site investigation
- Underground investigation
- Building the infrastructure
- Operating the facility: disposing of radioactive waste
- Closing the facility
- Guidance for the developer
- Evidence reports
- Public and stakeholder engagement
- Contact
Source and licence
Environment Agency
AttributionEnvironment Agency, ‘Regulating the geological disposal of radioactive waste: environmental protection’ (updated 7 February 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026