Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report.pdf - UK EPR

EPR UK
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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report (SRWSR) presents waste and spent fuel
management options to the Flamanville 3 (FA3) reference case for the UK EPR. It has been
produced as a supporting document in the UK EPR Step 3 Submission and is referenced within
the relevant chapters of the SSER 2008.
This Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report (SRWSR) describes how solid radioactive waste
and spent fuel generated by the UK EPR over its complete lifecycle can be managed within the
constraints of the current UK Government Policy and regulatory requirements. It has been
produced to satisfy Health and Safety Executive and Environment Agency requirements.
This SRWSR describes and characterises the predicted arisings of solid radioactive waste and
spent fuel from the UK EPR. This SRWSR sets options for waste and spent fuel treatment,
conditioning, packaging, record keeping, storing, transporting and disposal. The options set out
are based on nationally or internationally proven technologies and the experience gained from
EPR and AREVA projects. They have been set out in recognition that some potential UK EPR
operators may wish to adopt alternative waste management and spent fuel options to those of
the Reference Case.
Although the Reference Case is supported by a Best Available Technique (BAT) analysis and
an impact assessment, the options presented in this SRWSR provide a high degree of
confidence that a BAT case can be made by utilities.
This SRWSR is in accordance with the UK Government Base Case Assumptions of the
Decommissioning and Waste Management Plan (DWMP) for new build reactors. It identifies the
facilities required to manage waste and spent fuel arisings of a single EPR for up to 100 years
from the start of its 60 year operational life. It also considers the impact of multi-reactor units as
a variant to the base case configuration.
A description of the Waste Treatment Building (WTB) for operational waste and Interim Storage
Facilities (ISF) for Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) and for spent fuel for the UK EPR are
provided.
The schematic below (Figure 1) illustrates the waste arisings and flows within the scope of the
SRWSR.