THE MANAGEMENT OF INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL WASTE

The Sellafield site has been part of the British nuclear programme sin ce 1952 and has been involved in many developments to that programme i n the intervening years. This paper describes the wastes that have ari sen and which will arise as a result of operations on the site. In the early decades, these wastes were accumulated in raw form on the site. Since then, there has been a change to direct immobilization of the w astes as they arise, accompanied by the recovery of historic wastes. B NFL has developed a costed strategy for this programme of waste manage ment, which includes the recovery of the historic inventory,from gener ation through to disposal. The paper also looks at the progress in con struction of new plant and the company's plans for future plant invest ment.