Closely following the July recommendations from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) planning and development of geological disposal will see the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) manage the process.
Miliband said: “A successor [to CoRWM] independent advisory committee will be appointed to give advice on the plans for long term management of radioactive waste.” He added: “Disposal facilities will only be built in a geologically suitable area, and we will consider how geological and scientific considerations will be meshed with other societal considerations.”
Waste disposal company Nirex will be folded into the NDA before being wound up.
NDA chief executive, Dr Ian Roxburgh, said: “We welcome this decision as it heralds a new era for nuclear waste management in the UK, setting out a clear path towards deep geological disposal.” NDA will now start planning a detailed programme to take the geological disposal concept forward.
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