Capping work begins on U.K.’s LLW disposal facility

Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 3:30PMRadwaste Solutions
Aggregate is delivered by rail to the U.K.’s Low-Level Waste Repository site. (Photo: NWS)

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), which manages the disposal of the United Kingdom’s low-level radioactive waste, announced this week that a major milestone has been reached at its Low Level Waste Repository in West Cumbria, England, as work begins on the final capping of legacy disposal trenches and vaults at the site.