Windscale

The Windscale site includes the Windscale Piles, the early spent fuel reprocessing facilities, the Windscale Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (WAGR) and extensive PIE facilities.

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Information is presented about wastes that existed at Windscale at the stock date (1 April 2022) and were forecast to arise after this date.

Waste Inventory Data for Windscale

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 Windscale

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Waste category Volume (m3)
Reported at 1 April 2022 Estimated future arisings Lifetime Total
HLW 0 0 0
ILW 622 2,950 3,570
LLW 1 6,550 6,550
VLLW 0 6,660 6,660
Total 623 16,200 16,800
Waste category Volume (m3)
Reported at 1 April 2022 Estimated future arisings Lifetime Total
HLW 0 0 0
ILW 658 6,930 7,590
LLW 1 8,520 8,520
VLLW 0 6,660 6,660
Total 659 22,100 22,800
Waste category Volume (m3)
Reported at 1 April 2022 Estimated future arisings Lifetime Total
HLW 0 0 0
ILW 1,330 10,600 12,000
LLW 1 9,100 9,100
VLLW 0 6,660 6,660
Total 1,330 26,400 27,800

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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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Sellafield Ltd