MW06. NUCLEAR & RADIOACTIVE WASTE
(updated: August 4, 2006 )

Advisory Committee on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials, 1988, 'The Transport of Low Level Radioactive Waste in the UK', HMSO, London.

Appleton, Don, 2000, 'Managing radon risk' (in new developments), Planning 1395, 17.11.00.

Aubrey, Crispin, 1997, 'Thorp: the Whitehall Nightmare', Jon Carpenter Publishing, Charlbury, Oxfordshire. ISBN 1 897766 07 6

Baker, Chris, 2005, 'Blair fuels nuclear reaction; (the reemergence of the nuclear energy option), Planning 1639, 7.10.05, p8

Barker, F, (ed.), 1998, 'Management of Radioactive Wastes: Issues for local authorities', Thomas Telford, London, ISBN 0 7277 2667 6.

Berkhout, Frans, 1991, 'Radioactive Waste: Politics and Technology', Routledge, London.

Blowers, A., 1990, 'Public interest and Local Authorities: the case of radioactive waste', Town and Country Planning, February.
Blowers, A., 1991, 'The International Politics of Nuclear Waste,' Macmillan Press.
Blowers, A, 1995, 'Nuclear waste disposal: a technical problem in search of a political solution', in T. Gray (ed.), 'UK Environmental Policy in the 1990s, Macmillan, Basingstoke.
Blowers, A, 1999, 'Nuclear waste and landscapes of risk', Landscape Research 24 (3), pp241-264.
Blowers, A, 2002, 'Radiactive waste policy - involving the public', Town and Country Planning 71 (9), September, pp221-223.

Bond, Martin, 1992, 'Nuclear juggernaut: The Transport of Radioactive Waste Materials', Earthscan, London.

British Geological Survey, 2000, 'Dealing with Radon Emissions in Respect of New Development: Summary Report and Recommended Framework for Planning Guidance', BGS, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, tel. (0115) 936 3100, October.

Bullock, Hannah, 2005. 'Melting Down The Myths' (nuclear power), (Forum for the Future) Green Futures 61, March/April, pp38-39

Bundesministerium fuer Umwelt (Germany Environment Ministry_, 2004, 'Atomkraft: Wiedergeburt eines Auflaufmodells?' (Nuclear power: rebirth?), German Environment Ministry, http://www.bmu.de/de/800/js/base/, tel:+49 30 3050, and http://www.bmu.de/files/themenpapier_atomkraft.pdf

Cabinet Office, London:
'The Decontamination of People Exposed to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Substances or Material', January 2003,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=14028&heading=e-mail+alert

Cairncross, Frances, 1995, 'Green, Inc.: A guide to business and the environment', Earthscan, London. HC79.E5.C2

Centre for Environmental Risk & the Tyndall centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia,
‘Public perceptions of nuclear power, climate change and energy options in Britain’, March 2006, http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/publications/EnergyFuturesFullReport.pdf

Command Papers (HM Government), available from The Stationery Office (TSO) (was HMSO until 1997):
'The Protection of the Environment: The Fight Against Pollution', Cmnd. 4373, 1970.
'Nuclear Power and the Environment', Cmnd. 6820, 1977.
'Radioactive Waste Management', Cmnd. 8735, 1982.
'Prospects for Nuclear Power', Cm 2860, 1995.

Commission of the European Communities, Brussels:
'Waste volume minimisation using highly selective inorganic ion in exhange materials', Cat: KI-NA-19-129-EN-S, 22, 2000.
'Calculation and testing of the behaviour of unsaturated clay as a barrier in radioactive waste management' ('Catsius Clay' project), Cat. KI-NA-19-141-EN-S, 2000.
'Source term for performance assessment of spent fuel as waste form', Cat. KI-NA-19-140-EN-S, 2000.
'Thorium as a waste management option', KI-NA-19-142, 2000.
'Methodology and models used to calculate individual and collective doses from the recycling of materials in dismantling nuclear installations', Cat KH-28-00-341-EN-C, 2000.
'Full-scale engineered barriers exeperiment for a deep geological repository for high-level radioactive waste in crystalline host rock' (FEBEX project), Cat: KI-NA-19-147-S, 2000.
'The Efftra T4 experiment on americium transmutation', Cat KI-NA-19-138-EN-S, 2000.
'Transport of radionuclides due to complexation with organic matter in clay formations' (Trancom-Clay), Cat: KI-NA-19-135-EN-S, 2000.
'Management of radioactive waste arising from medical establishments in the EY', Cat KH-NA-19-254-EN-S, 2000.
'Definition of clearance levels for the release of radioactively contaminated buildings and building rubble - Final report', CAT KH-28-00-325-EN-C, 2000.

Consortium of Opposing Local Authorities (COLA),
c/o South Somerset District Council, tel. (01935) 462576:
'Review Submissions and the Case Against Nuclear Power', Overview of the submissions to the Nuclear Reviews. Consortium of Opposing Local Authorities c/o Planning and Economic Development Department, Gwent County Council, Cwmbran, 1994.
'Nuclear Decisions for a New Government', COLA c/o South Somerset District Council, 1997.
'Reprocessing: Time for Appraisal', September 1997.
'Radioactive Waste Disposal: They Key to a Nuclear Future', Special Briefing 32, Consortium of Opposing Local Authorities (COSLA), available from South Somerset District Council, June 1998.

CoRWM, the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management:
'Managing Radioactive Waste in the UK - your views matter', September 2005.(deadline for submitting responses: the 31st December 2005), available via http://corwm.dialoguebydesign.net - tel. (020) 8683 6602 or email facilitators@dialoguebydesign.com
‘CORWM Draft Recommendations’, May 2006,
http://www.corwm.org.uk/pdf/None%20-%20CoRWMs%20Draft%20Recommendations%2027%...

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (June 2001-)
- website: http://www.defra.gov.uk
'BNFL MOX Plant, Sellafield, Cumbria: Decision of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State for Health', http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=3338&heading=e-mail+alert
(DEFRA, National Assembly for Wales & the Scottish Executive), 'Managing radioactive waste safely: proposals for developing a policy for managing solid radioactive waste in the UK', September 2001, DEFRA. tel: (020) 7944 6366, (fax): 020 7944 6340.
'UK Strategy for radioactive discharges 2001 - 2020', July 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=7416&heading=e-mail+alert
'Managing Radioactive Waste Safely: The next steps', July 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=7479&heading=e-mail+alert
'Update on the Nirex Position on the Disposability of Technetium-99 as Intermediate Level Waste', July 2003, http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/radioactivity/discharge/sellafield/update.htm
'Guidance Published on Decontamination of Open Environment Exposed to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Substances or Material', March 2004, http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/risk/cbrn/cbrn-guidance.pdf
'Consultation on Draft Magnox Decision Document', October 2005.
'Consultation on Policy for the Long-Term Management of Solid Low Level Radioactive Waste in the UK', February 2006.
‘Solid low level radioactive waste: consultation on its long term management’, February 2006, http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/radioactivity-llw/index.htm

Department for Transport (May 2002-)
- website: http://www.dft.gov.uk
'United Kingdom Guidance on Radiation Protection Programmes for the Transport Radioactive Material', October 2002,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=12782&heading=e-mail+alert
'Guide to an Application for UK Competent Authority Approval of Radioactive Material in Transport', November 2002,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=13051&heading=e-mail+alert

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
- website: http://www.dti.gov.uk
'Managing the Nuclear Legacy - A Strategy for Action', JCM 5552, July 2002, TSO, tel. (0870) 600 5522, ISBN 0 10 155222 9, http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/nuclear/announce_pubs/conspubs/nuclear_legacy/whitepaper.pdf
'A public consultation on modernising the policy for decommissioning the UK's nuclear facilities', November 2003, from Nuclear and Coal Liabilities Unit, DTI, tel. (020) 7215 2783, fax: (020) 7215 0263, http://www.dti.gov.uk/nuclearcleanup/pdfs/decomcondoc.pdf DTI

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) (June 2001-May 2002)
- website: http://www.dtlr.gov.uk
DTLR 2001:
'Radioactive Waste Management Committee Advice to Ministers on the Process for Formulation of Future Policy for the Long Term Management of UK Solid Radioactive Waste', September 2001, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=3073&heading=e-mail+alert
'Managing Radioactive Waste Safely', http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=3074&heading=e-mail+alert
'Regulatory Impact Assessment: Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 2001', October 2001,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=3422&heading=e-mail+alert
'Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee: Twenty-First Annual Report (2000/2001)', November 2001,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=3807&heading=e-mail+alert
DTLR 2002:
'Radiological Consequences Resulting from Accidents and Incidents Involving the Transport of Radioactive Materials in the UK: 2000 Review', January 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=4819&heading=e-mail+alert
'Regulatory Impact Assessment: The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002', April 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=6297&heading=e-mail+alert

Department of the Environment (DOE) (former; part of the Department of the
Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) from June 1997 to June 2001)
'Review of Radioactive Waste; Preliminary Conclusions,' DOE, August 1994.
'Site selection for radioactive waste disposal facilities', Radioactive Substances Division, DOE, Romney House, London, 1995.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) (1997-2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
DETR 1999:
'Safety standards for basic radiation protection' (consultation document), DETR Free :Literature, PO Box 236, Wetherby, Yorkshire, LS23 7NB, tel. (0870) 122 6236, March 1999 and available on the internet at http://www.detr.gov.uk/ras/index.htm
The NUKEM survey of radioactive material transport packages', Radioactive Materials Transport Division, Room 416, Great Minster House, London SW1P 4DR, May 1999. 'Circular 8/99: The Building Act 1984: the Building Regulations 1991, BR211: Radon: guidance on protective measures for new dwellings', 1999 edition, TSO, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT
'BR211: Radon; guidance on protective measures for new swellings', 1999 edition, CRC Ltd., 151 Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4GB, ISBN 1 86081 3283, 1999.
'The 1998 UK Radioactive Waste Inventory', October 1999, at:- http://www.nirex.co.uk
'Radioactivity in the Environment', Radioactive Substances Division, 1999.
'Radon', Radioactive Substances Division, 1999. http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/radon/index.htm
'Response to Radiological Emergencies', Radioactive Substances Division, 1999. http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/response/index.htm
'Legislation on Radioactivity and Radioactive Substances', Radioactive Substances Division, 1999. http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/legislat/index.htm
'The Government's Response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology Report on the Management of Nuclear Waste', Radioactive Substances Division, 1999. http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/govtresponse/lords/ index.htm
'Report by the United Kingdom on Intentions for Action at the National Level to Implement the OSPAR Strategy with Regard to Radioactive Substances', Radioactive Substances Division, 1999. http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/ospar/report99/ index.htm
'Independent Advisory Bodies to Government', Radioactive Substances Division, 1999. http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/independ/index.htm
'The Physics of Radioactivity', Radioactive Substances Division, 1999. http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/physics/index.htm
'Environmental information: Proposals for The Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 and The Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) (England and Wales) Direction 2000 (Consultation Paper)', February 2000, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/consult/bss2000/index.htm
DETR 2000:
'Discharges of Radioactivity', March 2000, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/discharg/index.htm
'Radioactive Waste Management', March 2000, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/waste/index.htm
'Radioactively Contaminated Land', March 2000, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/land/index.htm
'UK strategy for radioactive discharges 2001 - 2020 - consultation paper', June 2000 (.pdf 661kb), http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/discharg/strategy/index.htm
'Radioactively Contaminated Land page' updated, June 2000, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/land/index.htm
'Reducing radon levels in houses in radon-affected areas: A Good Practice Guide', (?exact title), available from the Radon Policy Branch, Radioactive Substances Division, DETR, Ashdown House, 123 victoira Street, London SW1E 6DE, tel. (020) 7944 6266, fax. (020) 7944 6289, July 2000.
'Radioactive Substances Division - Completed Research Reports (August 2000): http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/research/complete/index.htm
-'DETR/RAS/00.002: Radioactivity in air and rainwater: UK results to the end of 1998 (MS Word - 25kb)', August 2000, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/research/complete/download/detrras00002.doc
-'DETR/RAS/00.001: Identification of localised areas of England where radon concentrations are most likely to have >5% probability of being above the action level', August 2000, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/research/complete/download/detrras00001.doc
'-DETR/RAS/99.017: A radiological assessment of the keeping, use, display, repair and disposal of clocks and watches containing quantities of radioactive material in excess of the Basic Safety Standards (96/29/EURATOM) Exemption Levels', August 2000, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/research/complete/download/detrras99017.doc
'Statutory Guidance on the Regulation of Radioactive Discharges into the Environment from Nuclear Licensed Sites: Consultation paper', November 2000, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=633&heading=Email+Alert
'Twentieth Annual Report of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee', November 2000, http://www.open.gov.uk/rwmac/reports/twentyrp/index.htm
DETR 2001:
'Minister's decision on applications by AWE plc for authorisation to dispose of radioactive waste from the Atomic Weapons Establishments at Aldermaston and Burghfield', January 2001,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=898&heading=Email+Alert
'Digest of Environmental Statistics', January 2001 edition, and at http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/des/index.htm
'Monitoring of Radioactivity in the UK Environment: An annotated bibliography of current programmes', January 2001,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=940&heading=E-mail+Alert
'The Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) Direction 2000 (England and Wales)', February 2001,
http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/discharg/rsact/bss2000/index.htm'
'Transport of radioactive material by road regulations: consultation paper', DETR Free Publications, Wetherby, Yorkshire, February 2001,
http://www.roads.detr.gov.uk/consult/radio/01.htm
(DETR & Department of Health), 2001, 'British Nuclear Fuels PLC Sellafield MOX Plant: a consultation paper', March 2001, (comments are requested by 23 May; copies are available from Radioactive Substances Division, Ashdown House, London SW1E 6DE, and at http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/consult/mox/sellafield/index.htm
'Historic Practices in the UK that have Utilised Radioactive Materials', April 2001, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/research/complete/historic/index.htm
'Transport of Radioactive Material by Road Regulations (Consultation Paper)', April 2001, http://www.housing.detr.gov.uk/research/resnews/9900/projects/index.htm
'Radioactive Substances Division - Completed Research: DETR/RAS/00.008 - Monitoring of Radioactivity in Air and Rainwater in the UK Annual Results Report 1999', May 2001, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/research/complete/00-008/index.htm
'Radioactive Substances Division - Completed Research: DETR/RAS/00.004 - Review and Evaluation of the Radon Remediation Pilot Programme', May 2001, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/research/complete/00-004/index.htm
'Radioactive Substances Division - Completed Research: DETR/RAS/00.003 - An Interpretation of Schedule 1 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 and Related Issues', May 2001, http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/radioactivity/research/complete/00-003/index.htm
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)

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Sustainable Development Commission (SDC), London
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- Economics of nuclear power
- Waste management & decommissioning
- Safety & security
- Science, technology & UK policy
- Reducing C02 emissions
- Landscape, environment & community impacts
- Public perceptions & community issues
- Uranium resource availability
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The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
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