Certain radioactive wastes and materials are reported separately from the main Inventory of radioactive wastes.
This is because they may be:
- Civil nuclear materials that are not currently deemed to be waste. This category comprises irradiated fuel, unirradiated fuel, uranium, plutonium and thorium;
- Land that is potentially contaminated and miscellaneous materials, some of which are deemed to be waste. However, there is often considerable uncertainty in the quantities that might arise, and as a consequence some waste producers have chosen to report these volume estimates separately, rather than in the radioactive waste inventory.
2025 UK data
Waste in stock
Waste at 1 April 2025 includes all radioactive materials that had been declared as waste and were being held at this date.
Waste forecasts
Estimates of future radioactive waste arisings are projections made by the organisations that operate sites.
Other radioactive wastes and materials
Certain radioactive wastes and materials are reported separately from the main Inventory of radioactive wastes