The UK's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has today launched two consultations on the management of radioactive waste. The consultations are on a draft national policy statement ...

The UK has produced radioactive waste since the dawn of the nuclear age some 70 years ago. The waste comes from nuclear power stations, medical and industrial facilities and the defence programme.

The UK has completed the initial actions set out in the 2014 White Paper on implementing geological disposal, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has announced. Those actions ...

The UK has too often failed to capitalise on the opportunities presented by emerging high-innovation, high-productivity sectors – it should ensure it avoids doing the same with carbon removals, writes ...

Sea-level rise will endanger valuable salt marshes across the United Kingdom by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, according to an international study co-authored by a Rutgers ...

In a recent groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified evidence of a meteorite impact in north-west Scotland that dates back 1 billion years. The space rock is considered the oldest known ...

The positions in the table below reflect the British Geological Survey (BGS)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position ...