RSRL Integrated Waste Strategy - Issue 5- Oct 2012.pdf

More documents

Recommendations

Info

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDanalysis. If contamination is not uniform, but an “averaged” value of activity is required,then some form of systematic sampling (e.g. using a grid) and homogenisation of thesamples should be used.• DocumentationCharacterisation is an essential step at the beginning of the decommissioning processand may need to be repeated at different stages during the decommissioning. For moreinformation, refer to “Radiological Characterisation of Shutdown Nuclear Reactors forDecommissioning, IAEA Technical Report Series No. 389, IAEA, Vienna (1998).CleanAn article or substance which has had no reasonable potential to have become contaminated oractivated, or upon or within which no radioactivity other than normal background is detectablewhen suitable comprehensive measurement (monitoring and sampling) is practicable and hasbeen undertakenClearanceThe process to confirm that an article or substance is clean (free from radioactivity), or exempt(outside of the scope of regulation as radioactive material) from further control under all relevantlegislation on the basis of its radioactivityClinical WasteThis is controlled waste that includes any waste which consists wholly or partly of human oranimal tissue, blood or other bodily fluids, swabs, needles, or sharp instruments. Clinical wasteis classified as industrial waste for legislative purposes however it is also subject to theHazardous Waste Regulations.Commercial WasteCommercial Waste includes wastes from premises used for a trade or business or for thepurposes of sport, recreation or entertainment e.g. general office wastes.Controlled WasteThis includes industrial and commercial waste (s.75 of EPA 1990 as modified by the WasteManagement Licensing Regulations 1994) both of which are subject to control by theEnvironment Agency under waste management regulations. Controlled waste can be inert,hazardous or non-hazardous.Directive WasteThis is any substance or object which the producer or the person in possession of it discards orintends or is required to discard. This forms the basic definition of waste in the UK. Othercategories of waste are subsets within Directive Waste.DesignationUnder the Energy Act 2004 the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has responsibilityfor, amongst other things, the decommissioning of designated nuclear installations and thecleaning-up of designated nuclear sites. The designation of installations, sites and facilities issubject to the form of a direction to the NDA given by the appropriate Secretary of State.DelicensingDelicensing is referred to by the ONR as meaning “ending of the period of responsibility underThe Nuclear Installations Act”. This is defined in section 5(3) of the Nuclear Installations Actand can only happen when the HSE gives notice in writing to the licensee that it its opinionthere has “ceased to be any danger from ionising radiations from anything on the site or, as thecase may be, on that thereof”. Before delicensing any land on nuclear site, HSE must satisfyitself that delicensing is appropriate and that licensable activities are no longer being carried outRSRL IWS (Issue 5 – October 2012)118
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDon the site or that part of the site to be de-licensed. This means that no radioactive wasteremains on the site or the part of the site to be delicensed.The HSE has indicated that for practical purposes the criterion of ‘no danger’ for the purpose ofde-licensing is an additional risk of death to an individual of one in a million per year (10 -6 ).Compliance with this criterion would normally mean that HSE can remove the site fromregulatory control under NIA65.Exempt (‘Out of Scope’)A radioactive or contaminated article or substance that does not exceed the individual radionuclidelimits specified under EPR2010 and can therefore be deemed to be ‘out of scope’ ofregulation as a radioactive material.Final End StateThe ‘end state’ of a site is the physical condition at the point when the NDA has finished itsbusiness. The ‘end point’ of a site is the time at which this ‘end state’ is reached.HandoffWaste stream for which an agreement has been made for transfer to a third party fortreatment/processing/storage and/or disposalHazardous Wastes (formerly also known as Special Wastes)Hazardous waste is controlled waste that contains any substance specified in The HazardousWaste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005, ISBN 0110726855. Radioactivity does not initself make waste hazardous waste. However radioactive waste may posses other properties,such as toxicity due to the presence of uranium, which bring it within the definition of hazardouswaste and therefore subject to the requirements of the Hazardous Waste Regulations, inaddition to the requirements of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993.Examples of typical hazardous wastes are• Scheduled poisons - (Schedule 1 of the Appendix to the Poisons Rules, 1982, StatutoryInstrument No 218). This Schedule includes, amongst others, cyanides and compoundsof barium, arsenic, thallium and mercury. Also includes significant quantities (greaterthan 10 grams per day) of copper, chromium, lead, cadmium, nickel, vanadium, zinc andother heavy metals.• Laboratory and other chemicals;• Drugs and/or medicines;• Aerosols containing paints, adhesives, lubricants and cleaners;• Asbestos;• Bio-hazardous waste;• Batteries, other than household;• Pesticides and weed killers;• Solvent based resins, paints and adhesives, paint strippers or similar materials fromphotographic or copying processes;• Waste oils, oil filters, oil water mixtures and crude oilNote - The methodology for classifying wastes as hazardous is based, in part, on decidingwhether the waste possesses hazardous properties, which requires knowledge of the chemicalcomposition of the waste. Assessing the hazardous properties is based the classificationprocedure for chemical products under the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging forSupply) Regulations 1994 (as amended) (CHIP), although there are some modificationsintroduced by the Hazardous Waste Directive.High Volume Very Low Level WasteRSRL IWS (Issue 5 – October 2012)119
Page 1:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDRSRL Waste P
Page 4 and 5:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED8. There hav
Page 6 and 7:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDmethods for
Page 8 and 9:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDContents1 EX
Page 10 and 11:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDFiguresFigur
Page 12 and 13:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED2.1 Backgrou
Page 14 and 15:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDWinfrith sit
Page 16 and 17:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDtransfer to
Page 18 and 19:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED3 WASTE MANA
Page 20 and 21:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDFigure 1: Wa
Page 22 and 23:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED67. Effectiv
Page 24 and 25:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED3.1.6 Good P
Page 26 and 27:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDInteractions
Page 28 and 29:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDFigure 5: Th
Page 30 and 31:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED96. PRC 0199
Page 32 and 33:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED103. Technic
Page 34 and 35:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED113. The ter
Page 36 and 37:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDThe procedur
Page 38 and 39:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED4.3.4 Techni
Page 40 and 41:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED4.4.1.1 Harw
Page 42 and 43:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDNDA STRATEGI
Page 44 and 45:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDAssumptionMa
Page 46 and 47:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDThreatPossib
Page 48 and 49:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED4.5.3 Intera
Page 50 and 51:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED(WSSG). The
Page 52 and 53:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED5 OVERVIEW O
Page 54 and 55:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDFuture stora
Page 56 and 57:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED5.2 Winfrith
Page 58 and 59:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDWaste TypeSG
Page 60 and 61:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED• Final Lo
Page 62 and 63:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDILWArising /
Page 64 and 65:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED• RSRL has
Page 66 and 67:
NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED6.1.2.4 CoRW
Page 68 and 69: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED6.1.3 Low Le
Page 70 and 71: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED241. For cer
Page 72 and 73: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED6.2 Radioact
Page 74 and 75: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDSurface wate
Page 76 and 77: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDto atmospher
Page 78 and 79: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED6.3.3 Inert
Page 80 and 81: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED6.3.4 Non-Ra
Page 82 and 83: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED7 WINFRITH I
Page 84 and 85: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED304. The bas
Page 86 and 87: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED7.1.3 Low Le
Page 88 and 89: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED321. A forwa
Page 90 and 91: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED7.1.4 Other
Page 92 and 93: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDliquid efflu
Page 94 and 95: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDRadioactiveL
Page 96 and 97: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDwaste are to
Page 98 and 99: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED7.3.4 Non-Ra
Page 100 and 101: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED8 AREAS REQU
Page 102 and 103: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDOpportunityT
Page 104 and 105: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED9 CONCLUSION
Page 106 and 107: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDANNEX LISTAn
Page 108 and 109: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDANNEX 2: AUT
Page 110 and 111: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDANNEX 3: REG
Page 112 and 113: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDOSPAR Conven
Page 114 and 115: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDSite Waste M
Page 116 and 117: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDLegal interp
Page 120 and 121: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDHV-VLLW comp
Page 122 and 123: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDenvironmenta
Page 124: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDNDANDSNHZNIA
show all

RSRL Integrated Waste Strategy - Issue 5- Oct 2012.pdf

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?