Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report.pdf - UK EPR

EPR UK
N° NESH-G/2008/en/0123
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The requirement for quality assurance and record keeping over the UK EPR lifecycle is
addressed in outline.
The options presented provide a high degree of confidence that the waste and spent fuel can be
treated and conditioned into a safe state pending final disposal (or an alternative final solution).
Furthermore, the options provide confidence that waste and spent fuel can be safely stored,
retrieved, handled and transported prior to disposal as practices evolve.
1.1 Exemptions, Assumptions and Uncertainties
This SRWSR takes into account the liquid waste streams produced by a UK EPR which are
delivered to the Waste Treatment Building for treatment and solidification. It does not address
liquid and gaseous waste discharges, non-radioactive waste generated at the plant or wastes
generated from the operation of the interim storage facilities.
This SRWSR assumes that the UK EPR will commence decommissioning immediately after
shutdown and de-fuelling, and describes the radioactive waste generated from the dismantling
of the nuclear island. It does not take account of the non-radioactive waste generated from the
decommissioning of the conventional island and administration buildings. It does not take
account of the radioactive and non-radioactive waste generated from the decommissioning of
the interim waste and spent fuel storage facilities.
This SRWSR assumes that the options presented can be used by utilities to demonstrate that
the design makes use of Best Available Techniques. The intention is to preserve as much
flexibility as possible whilst providing confidence that BAT solutions can be identified by utilities
in the future. This is judged to be sensible given the range of uncertainties at this stage. In
particular, no specific sites for the UK EPR have been agreed and issues relating to the future
treatment and transport of certain wastes need to be resolved with the UK Government and the
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
This SRWSR assumes that waste service providers will continue to be available to provide
waste treatment and disposal serivices.
It is anticipated that this SRWSR will be revised and updated and used as a basis to develop
more specific strategies in the future.
1.2 Conclusions
This SRWSR sets out management arrangements for processing and interim storage of waste
and spent fuel generated by the UK EPR in accordance with the UK Government policy and
regulatory constraints. The SRWSR provides a high degree of confidence that the challenges
associated with the management of solid waste and spent fuel from the UK EPR are fully
understood and that solutions are available with the envelope of current UK and international
experience. Specifically it demonstrates that: