Appendix CRF - Part 3 - Northamptonshire County Council

proposed that if the waste has an underpinning justification for disposal
established by the consigning site and it meets the waste acceptance criteria and
the waste acceptance criteria of the existing permit as reflected in the RSA
authorisation, then the waste is acceptable. This would include wastes that if
they were not radioactive would be classified as Inert, Non-Hazardous or
Hazardous.
5.3 Road Transport
5.3.1 The following outline arrangements are proposed and will be detailed in the
operating arrangements for the process which will be developed if the
authorisation is approved.
5.3.2 The main legislation covering the safe transport of the LLW material is The
Carriage of Dangerous Goods…Regulations 2007 (ref 13). The emphasis of the
regulations is for the safe management of each stage of the transport chain.
Annex A of the ADR contains a section specific to package design to provide the
main element of safety in normal and accident conditions.
5.3.3 The onus is on the consignor and carrier of the waste from the source site to
ensure that it is transported in accordance with the transport regulations.
Specialist advice must be sought from an appropriately trained person holding
certification as a Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA). Part of the waste
acceptance arrangements at the landfill will be checks to ensure that the records
and physical condition of the packages meet the transport regulations upon
arrival at the landfill site. This is standard practice at the landfill for all waste
accepted. Nuclear industry sites are experienced in these arrangements and
have developed practices to ensure they are implemented.
5.3.4 LLW contains low amounts and concentrations of radioactivity which mean that
they can be transported safely in standard packages used in the transportation of
dangerous substances. In some cases the amount of radioactivity will be so low
that the packages will be exempt from the regulations. Some of the lower activity
wastes will be transportable in “excepted” packages as defined under the
regulations and the remainder will be transportable in “industrial” packages.
Even where wastes could be transported unpackaged as low specific activity
materials in accordance with the regulations, all wastes will be contained in
sealed packages.
5.3.5 Typical packages will be either:
Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers. These are usually called “bulk
bags”. The bags would be transported singly stacked on an enclosed
freight vehicle and would be handled using pallets or integral lifting loops.
It is normal to use double sealed bags. The bags would be placed into
the disposal void using mechanical handling equipment.
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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