Low Level Waste Repository, Drigg
Low Level Waste Repository, Drigg is a repository facility operated by Nuclear Waste Services in United Kingdom. Its capacity is not publicly disclosed.
In Cumbria, a few miles from Sellafield, and in use since 1959, which makes it one of the oldest operating disposal sites in the world. The United Kingdom has disposed of low level waste for nearly seventy years and has no site for anything higher.
Facility
| Stage | Geological disposal |
|---|---|
| Operator | Nuclear Waste Services |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Capacity | not disclosed |
| Figure applies to | - |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | 1959.0 |
| Coordinates | 54.3667, -3.4333 |
Position in the chain
No disclosed capacity, so its share of world repository capacity cannot be stated.
Other repository facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wolsong LILW Disposal Center, Gyeongju | 800,000drums | operating |
| Konrad | 303,000m³ | construction |
| Yucca Mountain | 70,000tHM total | closed |
| Asse II | 47,000m³ | closed |
| Morsleben (ERAM) | 37,000m³ | closed |
| Onkalo | not disclosed | construction |
| Forsmark spent fuel repository (KBS-3) | not disclosed | construction |
| Cigéo | not disclosed | planned |
| Canadian deep geological repository | not disclosed | planned |
| Nördlich Lägern | not disclosed | planned |
| Waste Isolation Pilot Plant | not disclosed | operating |
| SFR, Forsmark | not disclosed | operating |
| Olkiluoto VLJ repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Loviisa VLJ repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Centre de l'Aube (CSA) | not disclosed | operating |
| El Cabril | not disclosed | operating |
| Rokkasho LLW Disposal Center | not disclosed | operating |
| Bátaapáti National Radioactive Waste Repository | not disclosed | operating |
| Yeniseisky underground research laboratory, Krasnoyarsk | not disclosed | construction |
| Beishan underground research laboratory | not disclosed | construction |
Sources
- World Nuclear Association, Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste · retrieved 2026-09-06
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