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NIREX  [ˈnaɪrɛks] play
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WHAT DOES NIREX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nirex

Nirex was a United Kingdom body set up in 1982 by the UK nuclear industry to examine safe, environmental and economic aspects of deep geological disposal of intermediate-level and low-level radioactive waste. Originally known as the Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive, it became the limited company United Kingdom Nirex Limited in 1985. The ownership of Nirex was transferred from the nuclear industry to the UK Government departments DEFRA and DTI in April 2005, and then to the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in November 2006. Nirex's staff and functions were integrated into the NDA in April 2007, at which point Nirex ceased trading as a separate entity. Nirex's role continues through the activities of the Radioactive Waste Management Directorate of the NDA. Nirex had gained widespread notoriety during the 1980s as the focus for widespread public opposition to the burying of nuclear waste in the UK. Nirex was based at Harwell, Oxfordshire and had several roles: ▪ to advise organisations and companies that produce radioactive waste on how they should package radioactive waste; ▪ to set standards for radioactive waste packaging.

Definition of NIREX in the English dictionary

The definition of NIREX in the dictionary is Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NIREX


Artex
ˈɑːtɛks
carex
ˈkɛərɛks
complex
ˈkɒmplɛks
Durex
ˈdjʊərɛks
ex
ɛks
flex
flɛks
forex
ˈfɒrɛks
grex
ɡrɛks
index
ˈɪndɛks
interrex
ˌɪntəˈrɛks
latex
ˈleɪtɛks
lex
lɛks
Lurex
ˈlʊərɛks
mirex
ˈmaɪrɛks
murex
ˈmjʊərɛks
Pyrex
ˈpaɪrɛks
Rex
rɛks
sex
sɛks
specs
spɛks
unisex
ˈjuːnɪˌsɛks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIREX

Nippon
Nipponese
Nippur
nippy
nipter
niqab
niramiai
Nirenberg
nirl
nirvana
nirvanic
nis
Nisan
Nisei
nisgul
nish
Nishapur
Nishinomiya

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIREX

BIFFEX
MEX

Synonyms and antonyms of NIREX in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «NIREX» into 25 languages

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIREX»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIREX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about NIREX

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIREX»

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The Nirex Collection: Diplomacy in revolution
This is a profoundly objective, panoramic, encyclopedic, documentary view of the process taken from books, journals, newspapers, official releases & private sources. It contains information not currently found in the United States.
Porfirio R. Solórzano, 1993
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The Nirex Collection: Of war and peace
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The NIREX Colección - Nicaraguan revolution extracte - twelve yean/Porfirio R. Solorzano, compiler. p. cm. Contents: Volume I. — Research guide and historical profile. Volume II-III.
Porfirio R. Solórzano, 1993
3
Management of Radioactive Waste: The Issues for Local ...
UK Nirex investigations NIREX (now UK Nirex) was established in 1982 and given the remit to establish national facilities for the disposal of LLW and ILW. Although the Flowers Report had envisaged that this authority would also take ...
Stewart Kemp, 1991
4
The Politics of Radioactive Waste Disposal
to stimulate comment which would assist Nirex in developing acceptable proposals. The public discussion programme on the deep disposal of radioactive wastes (1987-1989) Between November 1987 and May 1988, Nirex distributed some ...
Ray Kemp, 1992
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The NIREX collection: Nicaraguan revolution extracts : ...
Nicaraguan revolution extracts : twelve years ; 1978-1990 Porfirio R. Solórzano. шмшхж ETAPA PREPARATORIA AL HEROICO PUEBLO DE NICARAGUA^. La Comisión Política del Frente Amplio Opositor (FAO), se dirige al heróico y ...
Porfirio R. Solórzano, 1993
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Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Nirex (1995). Nirex biosphere research: Report on current status in 1994, Nirex Science Report S/95/003, Nirex, Harwell, UK. Nirex (1996). Nirex gas generation and migration research: Report on current status in 1994, Nirex Science Report ...
W. R. Alexander, Linda McKinley, 2011
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Environmental Responses
Nirex (1987) The Way Forward, Harwell, United Kingdom Nirex Limited. Nirex ( 1989) Deep Repository Project: Preliminary Environmental and Radiological Assessment and Preliminary Safety Report, Harwell, United Kingdom Nirex Limited.
Andrew Blowers, Steve Hinchliffe, 2003
8
The Geometry and Petrogenesis of Dolomite Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
Nirex Science Report. SA/95/001. Nirex. 1997a. Offsite core characterisation programme: the petrographic, mineralogical and lithogeochemical characteristics of Permo-Triassic and Carboniferous rocks from Sellafield BH3. Nirex Science ...
Colin J. R. Braithwaite, Giancarlo Rizzi, Gillian Darke, 2004
9
Earth, Water, Ice and Fire: Two Hundred Years of Geological ...
Gibb and submitted to Nirex (Report 622) on 28 December 1994 (Chaplow, pers. comm., 2001). Subsequently, Smythe submitted his draft report on 31 March 1995 (Nirex Report 760), and a two-page abstract was published in the proceedings ...
David Roger Oldroyd, 2002
10
Management of Radioactive Wastes: Issues for Local Authorities
26-28 Underwood Street, London N 1 7JQ In December 1996 Nirex, the nuclear industry's waste disposal agency, stated in a private meeting, that the UK's stockpile of radioactive wastes was now so large that we no longer have the •" luxury" ...
F. Barker, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIREX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term NIREX is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bedford Creative Arts: What is the library of the future? We want your …
Do you remember Nirex? Or the post-punk scene in Dunstable and Luton in the late 70's and early 80's? Over the coming months Dash, Dem ... «Bedfordshire News, Jul 15»
2
Profile - Jill Perry, Green Party
I worked with them temporarily during the Nirex inquiry in the 90s and would have loved to have carried on. Which luxury would you take to ... «Times & Star, Apr 15»
3
To dump nuclear waste, first they must dump democracy!
And today under the new NSIP law there would be no scrutiny by a public inquiry such as the 1996 Nirex inquiry when Greenpeace and ... «The Ecologist, Apr 15»
4
Nuclear waste must be out of sight, but not out of mind
We had "glass vitrification", THORP, MOX, and NIREX. Today we are no nearer to finding an acceptable solution for all concrrned, and as our ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
5
Cumbria's Power 40 revealed
George has been involved at Sellafield, Capenhurst, Reactor Sites, Aldermaston and Nirex during his career. He has been a founding director ... «in-cumbria, Sep 14»
6
Nuclear engineering in an independent Scotland
This large export of waste to England runs contrary to the position which developed in Scotland after Nirex gave up its attempt to site a UK deep ... «E&T magazine, Aug 14»
7
Britain's nuclear waste, a problem proving hard to bury
This has been tried in the 1980s and 1990s with UK Nirex – a limited company wholly owned by UK government, which spent £400m ... «The Conversation, Aug 14»
8
Journal bids farewell to Fulbeck correspondent
She said: “I did a lot about Nirex, the Government's nuclear waste agency, when they wanted to come to Fulbeck airfield and to dump nuclear ... «Grantham Journal, May 14»
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The Highland Line: celebrating Gordy Fyfe, the man who gave spin …
There was the ultimately successful fight to prevent the nuclear waste agency Nirex from establishing a nuclear waste dump at Dounreay. «Herald Scotland, May 14»
10
From our archives: Olly had 'irritable owl syndrome'
1969: The Wash escaped the threat of nuclear waste being dumped and buried by company Nirex after much campainging against the plans. «Boston Standard, Apr 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Nirex [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nirex>. Oct 2026 ».
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