Disposal Safety Assessments

We provide safety assessments of a complete disposal facility for radioactive waste or of an individual barrier or component parts of a facility.

We offer

a fully integrated product, drawing on expert understanding of many technical areas and possible exposure pathways and mechanisms
help to define and take through to completion an efficient and cost-effective disposal programme
extensive skills and expertise, supported by comprehensive facilities for theoretical and experimental research
expertise, methodology and software recognised and used by disposal organisations world-wide

KAERI, Korea: preliminary assessment of conceptual design of LLW disposal facility
Grøner, Norway: assessment of repository at Himdalen in Norway
EC: assessment of disposal facilities and methods in Hungary, Russia and the Ukraine.
Nirex: undertake overall performance assessments, see for example Nirex 97: An Assessment of the Post-closure Performance of a Deep Waste Repository at Sellafield, Nirex Report S/97/012, 1997 (in 4 volumes).

Close Case Studies

This service provides a simple understanding of the behaviour of a complicated system; can guide investment decisions, focus research programmes, facilitate design optimisation, siting and orientation. It also provides independent view to regulators s.

Last updated: 06-Mar-2003