MCM Environmental Services Ltd

MCM Environmental Services Ltd is a team of radioactive waste management experts with unique international strategic, scientific and technical experience in radioactive waste management.

We deliver consultancy and advisory services aimed principally at decision-makers, programme planners and technical managers who wish to access decades of global experience to ensure that cost-effective projects are at the leading edge of the international state-of-the-art.

Our capabilities extend across the entire lifecycle of radioactive waste management programmes –  from high-level strategy and project initiation to through-life information management activities.

We are known for our proficiency in the integration of complex scientific, technical, economic and societal information to identify, quantify and justify practical and strategic waste management options.

Our key, specialist skills include the areas of systems engineering, geosciences, chemistry and natural hazards along with considerable global experience in the geological disposal of radioactive wastes and the evaluation of radioactive contamination.

What we do

The MCM team has experience from projects all over the globe, supporting a range of governments, NGOs, regulators and implementers.

Who we are

Based in the UK, MCM’s Core Team works closely with the Founding Partners – Dr Charles McCombie, Professor Neil Chapman and Dr Ian McKinley and a network of global Associates to deliver radioactive waste management excellence to our clients.

Publications

The MCM team has a very extensive list of external publications built up over the last 4 decades. This highlights our commitment to peer review, ensuring that we are producing work of the highest quality, and illustrates our wide range of expertise in radioactive waste management and associated technical areas.

Our particular strength is in the integration of complex scientific, technical, economic and societal information

MCM offers consultancy and advisory services aimed principally at decision-makers, programme planners and technical managers who wish to access decades of global experience to ensure that cost-effective projects are at the leading edge of the international state-of-the-art.

We cover all aspects of managing the wastes from the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle, as well as radioactive materials from medicine, industry and research.

Our particular strength is in the integration of complex scientific, technical, economic and societal information to identify, quantify and justify practical and strategic waste management options.

We also have key specialist skills across the areas of geosciences, chemistry and natural hazards, with considerable global experience in the geological disposal of radioactive wastes and in the evaluation of radioactive contamination.

Latest News

Low Level Liquid Waste Injection at Seversk

At the request of Swiss utility AXPO, an MCM representative attended the workshop in Russia reviewing low level liquid waste injection at Seversk.

Mar
2025

Review of SKB’s license application

MCM selected within 2 Framework areas for SSM, supporting the review of SKB’s license application.

Mar
2025

International Support Team (IST)

MCM contracted to manage an International Support Team (IST), which provides support on special topics for NUMO’s geological disposal programme.

Mar
2025