Information is presented about wastes that existed at Culham at the stock date (1 April 2025) and were forecast to arise after this date.
For background information about this site owner, please refer to the Site Information Sheets in the 2025 UK Radioactive Waste Inventory report.
The following page presents information about radioactive wastes at the specific site selected.
Information about spent fuel and nuclear materials is presented separately in the relevant 2025 Inventory report. For official figures and essential information about how the data has been produced, always refer to the UKRWI 2025 published reports.
Waste groupings
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Total
Total stored waste by waste type
Breakdown of total stored waste: Contaminated metals 36.71m³, Contaminated other materials 0.01m³, Miscellaneous contaminated materials 29.45m³,
Future
Future arising waste by waste type
Breakdown of future arising waste: Activated metals 156.94m³, Contaminated metals 2424.55m³, Contaminated other materials 1.33m³, Miscellaneous contaminated materials 3304.69m³, Uranium & thorium contaminated material 0.17m³,
Lifetime
Lifetime packaged waste by waste type
Breakdown of lifetime packaged waste: Activated metals 156.94m³, Contaminated metals 2461.27m³, Contaminated other materials 1.34m³, Miscellaneous contaminated materials 3334.15m³, Uranium & thorium contaminated material 0.17m³,
Waste categories
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Reported radioactive waste volumes by category and reporting period
Waste category
Volume (m3 )
Reported at 1 April 2025
Reported future arisings
Lifetime Total
HLW
0
0
0
ILW
0.0169
167
167
LLW
66.2
5,720
5,790
VLLW
0
0
0
Total
66.2
5,890
5,950
Conditioned radioactive waste volumes by category and reporting period
Waste category
Volume (m3 )
Reported at 1 April 2025
Reported future arisings
Lifetime Total
HLW
0
0
0
ILW
0.0169
21.5
21.5
LLW
35.6
2,350
2,380
VLLW
0
0
0
Total
35.6
2,370
2,410
Packaged radioactive waste volumes by category and reporting period
Waste category
Volume (m3 )
Reported at 1 April 2025
Reported future arisings
Lifetime Total
HLW
0
0
0
ILW
0.0205
24.3
24.3
LLW
36.1
2,390
2,420
VLLW
0
0
0
Total
36.2
2,410
2,450
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Forecast waste arisings
Forecast waste arisings by waste category
Forecast reported volume of combined total of waste categories by year: 2025 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2026 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2027 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2028 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2029 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2030 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2031 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2032 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2033 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2034 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2035 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2036 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2037 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2038 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2039 - 392.5200017541647m³, 2040 - 0m³, 2041 - 0m³, 2042 - 0m³, 2043 - 0m³, 2044 - 0m³, 2045 - 0m³,
Forecast reported volume of high level waste by year:
Forecast reported volume of intermediate level waste by year: 2025 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2026 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2027 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2028 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2029 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2030 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2031 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2032 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2033 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2034 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2035 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2036 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2037 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2038 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2039 - 11.12000022828579m³, 2040 - 0m³, 2041 - 0m³, 2042 - 0m³, 2043 - 0m³, 2044 - 0m³, 2045 - 0m³,
Forecast reported volume of low level waste by year: 2025 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2026 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2027 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2028 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2029 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2030 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2031 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2032 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2033 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2034 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2035 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2036 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2037 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2038 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2039 - 381.4000015258789m³, 2040 - 0m³, 2041 - 0m³, 2042 - 0m³, 2043 - 0m³, 2044 - 0m³, 2045 - 0m³,
Forecast reported volume of very low level waste by year:
