Appendix CRF - Part 3 - Northamptonshire County Council

ECOLOGY and NATURE CONSERVATION
Woods, hedgerows, scrub,
grassland, standing water,
badgers, birds, amphibians,
reptiles, bats, rare plant
species.
AIR QUALITY
Local property and global
climate
Some preventative measures,
surveys and habitat creation
schemes used to mitigate
potential impacts.
Mitigation measures to control
gas generation and
odour/dust.
HEALTH
Health – people Risk of exposure to dusts,
aerosols, gas, contaminants,
leachate, vermin, and litter
mitigated through engineering
design features and
operational arrangements.
Application for disposal of LLW including HV-VLLW under RSA 1993,
for the East Northants Resource Management Facility:
Supporting Information
No additional land usage.
The risk assessment shows
that the impact will be
insignificant.
Risk from additional gas
discharges assessed as
insignificant. No handing of
loose wastes. Emergency
measures to address spillages
and dropped loads.
Health impact from LLW
assessed to be insignificant
during the operational and
post-closure phases.
ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeology No known impacts. No additional impacts.
RADIOACTIVITY (added to this table for this report)
Health – people in the long
and short term – workers and
Risk of exposure to radiation.
the public
The risk to workers has been reduced to low levels which are
better than occupational dose targets and constraints through
limits on waste acceptance and through operational
arrangements.
The risk to the public in the short and long term has been
reduced to insignificant levels through limits on waste
acceptance and through operational arrangements.
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