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NirexNIREX is a United Kingdom government body set up in 1982 under Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government to examine safe, environmental and economic aspects of deep geological disposal of intermediate-level and low-level radioactive waste in underground storage facilities. The organisation gained widespread notoriety during the 1980s as the focus for widespread public opposition to the burying of nuclear waste in the UK. NIREX is based at Harwell in Oxfordshire and has several roles: - to advise organisations and companies that produce radioactive waste on how they should package radioactive waste;
- to continue to develop understanding of the options for dealing with radioactive waste. These can be scientific, technological and environmental. However, they also include developing an understanding of the requirements for public acceptability.
NIREX is also involved in keeping the UK abreast of international expertise in research and development into the disposal of radioactive waste.
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