Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report.pdf - UK EPR

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5. The licensee shall, if so specified by the Executive, not accumulate radioactive waste
except in a place and in a manner approved by the Executive.
This Licence Condition requires the licensee to make and implement adequate arrangements
for minimising so far as is reasonably practicable the rate of production and total quantity of
radioactive waste accumulated on the site at any time and for maintaining records of
accumulated waste. The underlying purpose of the Licence Condition is to ensure that
licensees have regard to the total quantities of waste that accumulate on a site and that where
required the form of the waste is such that it is passively safe 1 .
3.4.2 Licence Condition 33 Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Licence Condition 33 requires that:
The licensee shall, if so directed by the Executive, ensure that radioactive waste accumulated or
stored on the site is disposed of as the Executive may specify and in accordance with an
authorisation granted under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (RSA 60) or, as the case may
be, the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (RSA 93; Ref. 10).
The majority of Certificates of Authorisation are now granted under RSA93. Any New Nuclear
Power Station will apply for an authorisation under RSA93.
This Licence Condition provides the HSE with power to direct a licensee to dispose of waste. In
practice this power is rarely used.
3.4.3 Licence Condition 34 Leakage and Escape of Radioactive Material and
Radioactive Waste
Licence Condition 34 states that:
1. The licensee shall ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that radioactive material
and radioactive waste on the site is at all times adequately controlled or contained so
that it cannot leak or otherwise escape from such control or containment.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this condition the licensee shall ensure, so far as is
reasonably practicable, that no such leak or escape of radioactive material or radioactive
waste can occur without being detected, and that any such leak or escape is then
notified, recorded, investigated and reported in accordance with arrangements made
under condition 7.
3. Nothing in this condition shall apply to discharges or releases of radioactive waste in
accordance with an approved operating rule or with disposal authorizations granted
under RSA60 or, as the case may be, RSA93.
1 In the context of decommissioning and the interim storage of nuclear matter, providing and maintaining
a safety function by minimising the need for active safety systems, monitoring or prompt human
intervention.