Appendix CRF - Part 3 - Northamptonshire County Council

3.9 Nuclear Industry LLW Strategy
3.9.1 The UK Nuclear Industry Strategy has been published for consultation by the
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The strategy underpins the strategic
need for new waste management options for LLW disposal. A key theme of the
strategy is “development and use of new fit for purpose management and
disposal routes, so waste producers have more choice in determining and
implementing waste management routes”.
3.10 Other
3.10.1 Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty requires member states to the European
Commission to provide sufficient information about plans to dispose of
radioactive waste to allow the Commission to decide whether the plans could
cause radioactive contamination of the water, soil or airspace of another Member
State. It is assumed by this application that Article 37 submissions, where
required, are implemented by the consigning nuclear industry sites.
3.10.2 The 1992 OSPAR convention and related national strategies seeks progressive
and substantial reductions of discharges, emissions and losses of radioactive
substances to the marine environment. The strategies use a dose guidance level
for the public of 0.02 mSv/yr which is consistent with that used in this application.
The use of BAT methods is proposed and is consistent with the approach used
for this application.
3.10.3 The UK ratified Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and
on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (IAEA 1997) sets out a
framework for radioactive waste management. This application has been made
in a manner consistent with the objectives of this convention.
3.10.4 The IAEA publish good practice guidance in relation to radioactive waste
management. This application is consistent with IAEA guidance.
3.10.5 The ICRP is an independent advisory body that provides recommendations on
radiation protection. In the UK the HPA provide advice on the recommendations
of the ICRP. The HPA’s advice concerning the most recent publication ICRP 103
changes the previous advice to use a single source dose constraint of 0.15 mSv.
Whilst this application uses the 0.3 mSv figure which is current to UK policy, it is
not used for calculating the radiological capacity of the landfill and adoption of the
0.15 mSv constraint would make no impact on the key dimensions of the
proposal.
3.10.6 The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)
Regulations 1999 may require the environmental effects of development of
radioactive waste facilities to be assessed as part of the planning approval
process under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. A separate planning
approval process is being pursued for the ENRMF in order for it to receive LLW.
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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