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Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report.pdf - UK EPR

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<strong>EPR</strong> <strong>UK</strong><br />

N° NESH-G/2008/en/0123<br />

REV. A PAGE 24 / 257<br />

Decommissioning<br />

· The Base Case assumes that decommissioning begins when the station is shut down<br />

and ceases generating electricity for the last time;<br />

· The Base Case assumes that the final site end state will be such that all station buildings<br />

and facilities have been removed, the site returned to a state agreed with the regulators<br />

and the planning authority and released from the control of the nuclear site licence;<br />

· Early decommissioning of the reactor and maintenance of the interim storage facilities<br />

for 100 years (from generation of the first waste package).<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Minimisation<br />

Operators are expected to set down the steps they will take throughout all of the stages of the<br />

station’s life to ensure that waste activity and volumes are minimised throughout reactor life; for<br />

example by careful segregation of waste arisings and by minimisation of secondary wastes.<br />

2.2 <strong>EPR</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong> Lifecycle<br />

One of a number of possible <strong>EPR</strong> waste strategy lifecycles is summarised below (Table 1). This<br />

is an indicative decommissioning programme only. Decomissioning programmes will be defined<br />

by the utilities.

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