Nuclear waste is going underground

摘要

Decommissioning some of the UK's oldest nuclear power sites is one of the largest environmental restoration programmes in Europe. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is tasked with delivering safe and sustainable solutions to the challenge of nuclear clean-up and waste management. One way to do this is to construct a geological disposal facility (GDF) to contain the UK's most radioactive waste in underground vaults and tunnels. John Corderoy is responsible for delivering this new facility. This means identifying a suitable location and obtaining planning permission, as well as procuring the necessary civil engineering work. Corderoy is programme director at the NDA's Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) subsidiary. He joined RWM in 2016, after 30 years in the Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defence, where he was involved with nuclear power for the Navy's submarines. The complexities of his naval career have undoubtedly provided a good foundation for him to deliver the GDF.