HMNB Clyde
The Clyde submarine base at Faslane near Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire provides maintenance and support services for the operational UK nuclear submarines. It also provides the storage, processing, maintenance and issue of key elements of the UK's Trident Deterrent Missile System.
Information is presented about wastes that existed at HMNB Clyde at the stock date (1 April 2022) and were forecast to arise after this date.
Waste Inventory Data for HMNB Clyde
For background information about this site owner, please refer to the Site Information Sheets in the 2022 UK Radioactive Waste Inventory report.
The following page presents information about radioactive wastes at the specific site selected.
Information about spent fuel and nuclear materials is presented separately in the relevant 2022 Inventory report. For official figures and essential information about how the data has been produced, always refer to the UKRWI 2022 published reports.
View all 2022 waste stream data sheets for HMNB ClydeWaste groupings
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Showing results for data originating from HMNB Clyde.
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From 1 April 2022 there is a net decrease in the volume of HLW because accumulated highly active liquor is being conditioned, which reduces its volume by about two-thirds, and also because vitrified HLW is being exported to overseas customers.
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Ministry of Defence
