5.2. In general, waste suitable for disposal in near surface disposal facilities is low level waste (LLW) [3]. LLW contains such limited amounts of long lived radionuclides that robust containment and isolation are required for limited periods of time, typically up to a few hundred years. The management strategy in this case is to contain the waste until its activity has decreased by decay to sufficiently low levels such that the risk from migration of the residual radionuclides as the facility eventually degrades is considered acceptable. In this regard, the approach to disposal is similar to that for geological disposal of waste containing large amounts of long lived radionuclides, but the timescales involved may be shorter. Monitoring activity associated with near surface disposal facilities containing LLW will aim to provide confidence in the performance of the system for hundreds of years. Examples of safety related features, events and processes for near surface disposal facilities that, in practice, could be detected by monitoring are any released radionuclides in groundwater or in the surrounding environment, and intrusion by humans or animals.