Review of the siting process for a geological disposal facility - consultation

Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2013
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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Abstract

Sets out the UK Government’s proposal on how aspects of the siting process for a geological disposal facility (GDF) could be improved, in order to help communities engage in it with more confidence, and ultimately to help deliver a GDF.

History

Consultation closed on 5 December 2013. Related to the following: Managing radioactive waste safely - a framework for implementing geological disposal. Cm 7386 (DEFRA, 2008).

Subjects

  • Planning and development
  • Contaminated land - Planning issues
  • Environmental planning/land
  • Other planning disciplines
  • Waste planning

Publisher History

The Department brings together much of the Climate Change Group, previously housed within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with the Energy Group from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). From July 2016, DECC became part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

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