Low Level Waste Repository

The Low Level Waste Repository is the UK's central long-term store for low-level radioactive waste. It is located on the West Cumbrian coast near Drigg village.
Function.
The site stores low level radioactive waste from Sellafield, MoD sites, nuclear power stations, hospitals, universities, medical companies and the oil industry. The site, which was opened in 1959 by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, covers about on the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF Drigg). 
Ownership and management.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the current owners, announced in March 2008 that UK Nuclear Waste Management Ltd (a consortium led by the Washington Division of URS Corporation and including Studsvik UK, AREVA-NC and Serco Assurance) had been awarded the contract for the management and operation of the Low Level Waste Repository. 
It was announced in 2020 that LLWR direct management will transfer to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in July 2021.
Continued use.
In early 2008, Cumbria County Council granted permission for a new vault, Vault 9, to be built to accommodate about 700 ISO steel containers per year and be able to hold 5,500 ISO steel containers in total, giving an operational life of about eight years. The vault opened for use in 2010.
In 2015, a report from the Environment Agency acknowledged that the site would be disrupted in the future by coastal erosion and flooding, and placed requirements on LLWR Ltd to maintain a programme of coastal monitoring and to keep up-to-date with research and development on the long-term effects of climate change.