Bradwell

Bradwell was built on the edge of a former World War II airfield, one and a half miles from the Essex coastline.

The 20-hectare site began decommissioning in 2012 and entered care and maintenance in November 2018.  Bradwell is being managed remotely from Sizewell A during care and maintenance, and Sizewell A conducts annual inspections and maintains 24-hour security.

The site stakeholder group at Bradwell is known as a local community liaison council.

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Information is presented about wastes that existed at Bradwell at the stock date (1 April 2025) and were forecast to arise after this date.

For background information about this site owner, please refer to the Site Information Sheets in the 2025 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 2025 Inventory report. For official figures and essential information about how the data has been produced, always refer to the UKRWI 2025 published reports.

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Waste groupings

Activated metals
Activated other materials
Asbestos & other insulation materials
Concrete & rubble
Conditioned
Contaminated metals
Contaminated other materials
Desiccant & catalysts
Flocs
Fuel cladding & miscellaneous wastes
Fuel element debris
Fuels & uranium residues
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High level waste
Inorganic ion exchange materials
Miscellaneous contaminated materials
Mixed wastes
Oils & other fluids
Organic ion exchange materials
Plutonium contaminated materials
Raffinate
Sludges
Soil
Uranium & thorium contaminated material
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Waste categories

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Waste category Volume (m3)
Reported at 1 April 2025 Reported future arisings Lifetime Total
HLW 0 0 0
ILW 254 3,610 3,860
LLW 274 40,500 40,800
VLLW 0 0 0
Total 528 44,200 44,700
Waste category Volume (m3)
Reported at 1 April 2025 Reported future arisings Lifetime Total
HLW 0 0 0
ILW 294 4,210 4,510
LLW 193 39,600 39,800
VLLW 0 0 0
Total 487 43,900 44,300
Waste category Volume (m3)
Reported at 1 April 2025 Reported future arisings Lifetime Total
HLW 0 0 0
ILW 575 4,620 5,190
LLW 205 40,100 40,300
VLLW 0 0 0
Total 780 44,700 45,500

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