Here’s something a little bit different for all our aviation buffs out there! We’re all a wee bit impressed with these epic cloud surfing views taken from a tail rotor cam on the UK Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Inverness during a recent training exercise. Enjoy the new view from one of the best offices in the world!

Inverness crew on training flight

A group of 80 stakeholders, representing many of the groups with which RWM interacts on a regular basis – including government, regulators, academia and the nuclear supply chain – met in Manchester in October 2016. The event was designed to update these groups about progress towards the formal launch of the geological disposal facility (GDF) siting process.

Representatives of government, regulators, the RWM Board and its Executive gave details of developments to date and set out their plans for the coming year. A summary of the Stakeholder Conference is available here.

A number of presentations had accompanying slidepacks which can be downloaded:

Day One – Thursday 13 October

Welcome: Bruce McKirdy, Managing Director, RWM

Keynote speech: Claes Thegerstrom, Non-Executive Director, RWM

Building Partnerships: Natalyn Ala, GDF Siting Director, RWM

Presentation from regulators

Day 2 – Friday 14 October

Keynote address: Tom Wintle, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Delivering safety: John Corderoy, Science and Technology Director, RWM

Making radioactive waste ready for disposal: Ann McCall, Waste Management Director, RWM

A dry week across most of England. River flows decreased at the majority of sites, but remain normal for the time of year at just over half of sites.

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities. In some cases they also consult on draft decisions for environmental permits. The arrangements are explained in its Public Participation Statement
These notices explain:

• the Environment Agency’s proposed decision and the reasons and considerations on which they’ve based this
• additional relevant information available since the application was advertised
• any information or guidance provided by the Secretary of State relevant to the application

The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).

This decision includes the permit and decision document for:

• Operator name: SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd
• Installation name: Runfold South Landfill Areas A and C
• Permit number: EPR/SP3131GC/V003