February 6, 2007

long term nuclear waste management: The next steps?

Speakers:
Dr Nick Evans, Radiochemist, Loughborough University
Prof Charles Curtis, President, Geological Society of London.
Prof David Read, Enterprise, University of Aberdeen
Dr Alan Hooper, Chief Scientific Advisor, UK Nirex

The Science Media Centre invited key authors of this major international report on nuclear waste management to brief journalists on their recommendations in light of the UK Government’s CORWM report of 2006. They discussed the suitability of the various potential sites for burial, the prospect of sealing the repositories and made recommendations for future action by the Government.