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 2022) and were forecast to arise after this date.

Waste Inventory Data for Bradwell

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 Bradwell

Waste groupings

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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 2022 Estimated future arisings Lifetime Total
HLW 0 0 0
ILW 279 3,610 3,890
LLW 285 40,500 40,800
VLLW 0 0 0
Total 564 44,100 44,700
Waste category Volume (m3)
Reported at 1 April 2022 Estimated future arisings Lifetime Total
HLW 0 0 0
ILW 319 4,210 4,530
LLW 193 37,800 38,000
VLLW 0 0 0
Total 512 42,000 42,500
Waste category Volume (m3)
Reported at 1 April 2022 Estimated future arisings Lifetime Total
HLW 0 0 0
ILW 661 4,620 5,280
LLW 205 37,800 38,000
VLLW 0 0 0
Total 866 42,400 43,300

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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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