Other radioactive wastes and materials

Certain radioactive wastes and materials are reported separately from the main Inventory of radioactive wastes.

This is because they may be:

  • Civil nuclear materials that are not currently deemed to be waste. This category comprises irradiated fuel, unirradiated fuel, uranium, plutonium and thorium;
  • Land that is potentially contaminated and miscellaneous materials, some of which are deemed to be waste. However, there is often considerable uncertainty in the quantities that might arise, and as a consequence some waste producers have chosen to report these volume estimates separately, rather than in the radioactive waste inventory.

Waste at 1 April 2022 includes all radioactive materials that had been declared as waste and were being held at this date.

Estimates of future radioactive waste arisings are projections made by the organisations that operate sites.

Total wastes at 1 April 2022 and estimated for future arisings 

Certain radioactive wastes and materials are reported separately from the main Inventory of radioactive wastes