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

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDtransfer to the GDF after 2040. Due to the shortened timescales for the decommissioning ofthe Winfrith site the strategy has now been changed to transferring the ILW from Winfrith toHarwell for interim storage in the Harwell ILW Store before consignment from Harwell to theGDF.50. RSRL has developed its LTP baseline which identifies the strategy and strategicassumptions for the Winfrith site. The key resulting decommissioning milestones are:MilestoneKey MilestoneCompletion DateDRAGON decommissioned and demolished 2021SGHWR decommissioned and demolished 2023ILW packages transferred to Harwell 2022Interim End State 20242.2 RSRL Objectives51. RSRL’s objectives are to maintain high standards of safety, security and environmentalperformance whilst eliminating the nuclear liabilities at the lowest lifetime costs. Funding isused to ensure safety and compliance with the Nuclear Site Licence, environmentallegislation, and security requirements, whilst undertaking a programme of hazard reduction.Expenditure is prioritised in line with the NDA prioritisation process (EGPR02) and theannual site funding limit.52. This Integrated Waste Strategy demonstrates how RSRL will assess and manageradioactive and non-radioactive wastes at its sites. It includes legacy wastes which havealready arisen, material that will become waste during decommissioning, and authoriseddischarges of liquid or gaseous waste to the environment. The waste hierarchy upon whichthe IWS is based aims to minimise waste generation and encourage recycling and reuse aspart of the disposal process. The overall strategy for wastes is to sort the waste to thelowest hazard or activity category, to make full use of available waste disposal routes, andmake waste passively safe for long term storage where disposal routes are currently notavailable.53. The Integrated Waste Strategy will support delivery of:• Progressive hazard reduction• Treatment and repackaging of historic arisings of waste• Managing waste in a safe and cost effective manner, including waste minimisation• Infrastructure cost reduction• Decommissioning of reactors, waste management facilities and minor facilities• Remediation of contaminated land• De-licensing of the site following decommissioning and remediation• Disposal of areas once the restoration work is complete.RSRL IWS (Issue 5 – October 2012)16