Consultation on Near-surface Disposal Facilities on Land for Solid Radioactive Wastes: Guidance on Requirements for Authorisation

Closes 5 May 2025

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Consultation Questions

5. How easy do you find the guidance to read?
6. How easy do you find the guidance to understand?
7. How much do you agree that the guidance is internally consistent?
8. Do the requirements set out in the guidance cover all the areas that should be addressed?
9. How much do you agree this guidance will support SEPA in fulfilling our statutory obligations regarding sustainable use of resources?
10. To improve our alignment with international best practice and respond to recommendations provided by the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) we have included specific requirements in our draft guidance on isolation and containment (requirements 8 and 9). Are these new requirements clear and is sufficient detail provided?
11. To take account of developments over the last decade we have included a new requirement in our guidance on assessing natural disruptive processes (requirement 17). Is this new requirement clear and is sufficient detail provided?
12. Does the section titled ‘Guidance on modelling’ (in part 3) contain useful information at a suitable level of detail?
13. Is the guidance on groundwater protection (part 4) clear and is it well enough integrated with the rest of the guidance?
14. Do you want to say anything more about how the guidance presents or explains our requirements?
15. Have you any suggestions for improving or expanding on our requirements, so that they are sufficient to help us meet our objectives for regulating radioactive substances activities?