GDF
The GDF (Geological Disposal Facility) is an underground network of tunnels hundred of metres underground. It is internationally recognised as the safest long-term solution for storing high-activity nuclear waste.
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GDF News
How we’ll evaluate a site to host a Geological Disposal FacilityA Geological Disposal Facility – or GDF – is the best solution to permanently dispose of our most radioactive waste. We’ve developed a robust process for choosing where a GDF could be built and at… |
What is a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF)?Geological disposal involves isolating radioactive waste deep underground, inside a suitable rock volume to ensure that no harmful quantities of radioactivity ever reach the surface environment. A… |
Why choose a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) to dispose of higher activity radioactive waste?Why choose a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) to dispose of higher activity radioactive waste? It provides multiple barriers of protection, such as natural geological formations as well as… |
Application lodged for construction of French repositoryFrench radioactive waste management agency Andra has applied for a construction licence (DAC) for the planned Centre Industriel de Stockage Géologique (Cigéo) deep geological disposal facility for… |
UK Demonstration of Borehole Sealing TechnologyExisting boreholes at the Rosemanowes quarry in Cornwall, southwest England, have been successfully sealed by Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) in a demonstration of the technology it plans to use to… |
Finland Might Have Solved Nuclear Power’s Biggest ProblemFinland is building the largest and most powerful nuclear reactor in Europe - and may have worked out what to do with spent nuclear fuel once and for all. … |
Types of rock in which radioactive waste could be disposed ofShort video outlining the types of rock that are being considered as suitable to host a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) … |
KBR to support UK repository developmentUSA-headquartered KBR has been awarded a contract to support the UK's Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) in developing a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). Such a facility, NWS says, will create more… |
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| Configuration & Change Manager | Closed |
| Coupled Process Manager | Closed |
| E3S Cases Systems Engineering Specialist | Closed |
| Engineering Manager (Civil Structural) | Closed |
| Engineering Manager (Transport Planner) | Closed |
| Environmental Engineer / BAT Assessor | Closed |
| Environmental Manager | Closed |
| Safety Assessors | Closed |
| Safety Case Lead (External Hazards and REPPIR) | Closed |
| Safety Case Lead (Specialist Safety Assessment Team) | Closed |
| Safety Case Specialist (Siting) | Closed |
| Senior Research Manager (Biosphere) | Closed |
| Senior Safety Case Engineer | Closed |