Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report.pdf - UK EPR

EPR UK
N° NESH-G/2008/en/0123
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10 REGULATORY AND SAFETY OVERVIEW OF WASTE TREATMENT AND
INTERIM STORAGE FACILITIES
10.1 Regulatory Baseline
This section describes the UK regulatory requirements that apply to operations occurring in the
Waste Treatment Building (WTB) and the Interim Storage Facility (ISF). In the UK the regulator
responsible for overseeing the safety of operations on a nuclear licensed site is the Health
Safety Executives (HSE’s) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII).
The NII has four fundamental expectations with regard to radioactive waste. AREVA has taken
these expectations into account in the development of this waste strategy. These expectations
are listed below in regard to this strategy [Ref. 48]:
1. Production of radioactive waste will be avoided. Where radioactive waste is unavoidable,
its production will be minimised;
2. Radioactive material and radioactive waste will be managed safely throughout its life cycle
in a manner that is consistent with modern standards;
3. Full use will be made of existing routes for the disposal of radioactive waste generated by
the EPR;
4. Remaining radioactive material and radioactive waste will be put into a passively safe
state for interim storage pending future disposal or other long-term solution.
10.1.1 Nuclear Site Licence Conditions
Regulation of radioactive waste will be achieved via compliance with the Nuclear Site Licence
and its associated 36 Nuclear Site Licence Conditions many of which are directly applicable to
radioactive waste processing operations taking place in the WTB and the ISF. The following
Licence Conditions are applicable to the control of nuclear matter (a definition which includes
radioactive waste) on licensed sites [Ref. 48]:
Licence Condition 4: Restrictions on nuclear matter on the site.
Licence Condition 6: Documents, records, authorities and certificates.
Licence Condition 11:Emergency arrangements.
Licence Condition 14:Safety Documentation.
Licence Condition 15:Periodic review.
Licence Condition 17:Quality Assurance.
Licence Condition 23:Operating rules.
Licence Condition 25:Operating records.
Licence Condition 26:Control and supervision of operations.
Licence Condition 28:Examination Maintenance Inspection and Testing.
Licence Condition 32:Accumulation of radioactive waste.
Licence Condition 33:Disposal of radioactive waste.
Licence Condition 34:Leakage and escape of radioactive material and radioactive waste.
Licence Condition 35:Decommissioning.
The Licence Conditions and their applicability to operations occurring in the WTB and ISF are
discussed in more detail below.