Appendix CRF - Part 3 - Northamptonshire County Council

15.7 Arrangements Specific to LLW Disposal Operations
15.7.1 The following arrangements will be incorporated into the management system
specific to LLW disposal operations:
- A radiation protection plan and risk assessment as required by the
Ionising Radiations Regulations, prepared by the site Radiological
Protection Advisor and Qualified Expert. ENRMF, IRRs 1999, Radiation
Risk Assessment for LLW, HPA (ref 16)
- An amendment to the site emergency plan to include response
arrangements to identified fault scenarios including:
Dropped load
Contamination discovery
Non-compliant load
Dose above threshold discovery
Potentially contaminated person or wound
- A procedure for the receipt of waste, assay, quarantine, waste
emplacement, coverage, record keeping and general LLW disposal
operations
- A procedure for routine and periodic health surveillance monitoring for
contamination and exposure
- Procedures for environmental monitoring incorporated into the MAPs
- A procedure for the pre-acceptance of waste including the conditions for
acceptance for LLW for use in contractual arrangements with consignors
- Amendments to existing roles and responsibilities to add the roles:
Radiation Protection Advisor (Qualified Expert),
Radiation Protection Supervisor(s),
Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (Class 7)
15.7.2 Augean have retained the service of the Health Protection Agency as
Radiological Protection Supervisor and to act as Qualified Expert in respect of
such matters as training, advice, emergency response, provision and calibration
of instrumentation, provision of health physics services, environmental and
workplace monitoring, analysis, interpretation of specialist information etc.
Application for disposal of LLW including HV-VLLW under RSA 1993,
for the East Northants Resource Management Facility:
Supporting Information
July 2009
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