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18-10-2022 - NERC Issues 'Derisking Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste in the UK' Pre-Announcement
Funding will be given for a single consortium to research how lower strength sedimentary host rock environments might be impacted by the introduction of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste.
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is working with the Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) to fund a project to understand and predict how lower strength sedimentary host rock environments might be impacted by the introduction of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste. This information constitutes a pre-announcement and therefore some details may change.
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