SOFT-SIDED PACKAGINGS FOR LOW ACTIVITY RADIOACTIVE WASTES

For several years in the United Kingdom, Low Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) has been transported, interim stored, and disposed of primarily in half-height ISO containers (HHISO). The performance of these containers in this service has been good, with few safety occurrences. The containers are used under the regulatory oversight of the Department for Transport (DfT), the Environment Agency (EA), and the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII). The use of HHISO containers brought about a significant improvement in environmental, public, and worker safety from the days of tumble tipping wastes into shallow trenches at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) near Drigg and other locations.