Testing has started on a new system to seal deep boreholes

It set sail from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria last week to be recycled in Scotland

The Working Group will now start the process of local discussions on whether Copeland could be the right place to build a Geological Disposal Facility, with the community ultimately deciding if it wants to host a GDF or not

The Radioactive Waste Management Research Support Office will provide independent evidence-based research to underpin the development of a geological disposal facility in the UK

Potential technologies include robotics, sensors, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems

The project aims to retrieve around 860 tonnes of radioactive waste from the Caorso Nuclear power plant

Researchers say the growing microbe colonies could hamper decommissioning plans underway at the site

A Geological Disposal Facility will put waste hundreds of metres deep underground and will only be built where there is both a ‘willing community and a suitable site’

Developer Posiva plans to store spent nuclear fuel at a depth of around 400 to 450 metres in the Onkalo bedrock on Olkiluoto island

Bruce McKirdy became the first Managing Director of Radioactive Waste Management, which aims to deliver a geological disposal facility in the UK