Government has asked us to undertake a national geological screening exercise to support the implementation of its policy for geological disposal of higher activity radioactive waste.

Whilst no sites have been selected, we cover all aspects of safety generically. Once a site has been selected, we will demonstrate that we can meet the regulators' requirements before they will permit us to operate a geological disposal facility.

We actively seek open dialogue with people to enable them to understand our work.

Whilst no sites have been selected, we work to develop the type of facility that might be required and our understanding of how it might be implemented.

We commission a comprehensive programme of scientific research in order to design the multi-barrier system appropriately and to understand how it will evolve over the next million years.

We provide independent assessment of packaging for higher activity radioactive waste in the UK. This ensures waste is passively safe for long-term storage and, ultimately, geological disposal of the wastes.

We work with organisations like ours in other countries who are also seeking to dispose of higher activity radioactive waste through geological disposal.

We consider developments in radioactive waste management options that support the NDA's integrated and optimised waste management strategy.

A geological disposal facility will be a nuclear licensed site. Regulators require that the organisation operating such a facility becomes a Site Licence Company. Our contracting and procurement strategy means we work collaboratively with a small number of key delivery partners while maintaining access to specialist niche contractors.