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Radioactive Waste: Storage

Asked by Graham StuartConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 21 May 2026UIN 1959

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, that the consent based model for determining the location of GDFs for storing nuclear waste remains government policy.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Government remains committed to delivering a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) as the long-term solution for the safe and secure management of the UK’s most hazardous radioactive waste. The process for identifying a suitable location for a GDF remains consent-based, requiring both suitable geology and a willing host community.

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