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Article: United Kingdom: MP5 EHS data mangement system used to manage data at the UK`s Low Level Radioative Waste repository in Cumbria, UK.
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- November 9, 2009
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Byline: kusumv03
The Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) is the principal national disposal facility for low level radioactive waste in the UK. The Repository plays a key role in delivering the UK's nuclear decommissioning strategy for site owners the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority NDA.
Originally disposal of waste was based on landfill practices, with waste being tipped into clay-based trenches (7 in total) and covered with layers of stone and soil. This practice stopped in the 1990 s and the trenches were covered with a water resistant cap. Following a major upgrade of disposal operations in 1995, the waste is now placed in engineered concrete ...