CoRWM propose shortlist of options

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The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) have proposed to cut the original list of fifteen options for managing radioactive waste down to just four. The selected favourites are: near surface disposal (only applicable to short-lived wastes); long-term interim storage; deep geological disposal and phased deep geological disposal. Some of the options the Committee are officially abandoning include disposal in space, disposal in ice sheets and disposal at sea which have been recognised to be potentially hazardous, breech international laws or are extremely expensive for even a small volume of waste. The final shotlist will be produced in the summer of 2005 after the Committee's second phase of public and stakeholder consultation, which began on 4 April and will conclude on 27 June 2005. The final option or combination of options will be recommended to Ministers in July 2006. For more information on the current consultation please visit CoRWM's website at www.corwm.org

 

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