New NWS films explain how a GDF works and the opportunities it creates
NWS Professor Neil Hyatt presents 鈥業nspired by nature, perfected by science鈥� and 鈥楤uilding the future today鈥�
Prof Neil Hyatt, Chief Scientist, NWS
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has today published two short films about geological disposal.
NWS鈥� Chief Scientist, Professor Neil Hyatt, introduces the short film 鈥業nspired by nature, perfected by science鈥� which explains how natural geology provides inspiration for the secure, long-term isolation and containment of nuclear waste in a GDF. Neil describes how science perfected this further with the multi-barrier concept for the design of a GDF, with natural and engineered barriers working together.
Professor Hyatt also presents a second short film, 鈥楤uilding the future today鈥�, in which he describes how different towns of all sizes have prospered in the past by building on an opportunity, involving new industries, skills or infrastructures. As a new infrastructure, a GDF too may present an opportunity for the local community that chooses to host it. A GDF, as well as providing a secure, permanent underground home for nuclear waste, brings with it plenty of investment, jobs, and skills.
Professor Hyatt said:
We鈥檙e making real strides in the search for a suitable site and a willing community for a GDF 鈥� with a number of communities engaging in the process in different parts of the country.
It was a real privilege to present these films and, as we continue to make progress in delivering a UK GDF, it鈥檚 important that we explain how a GDF works and the opportunities created by this important and unique project.