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

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED3.1.6 Good Practice Guidance Used by RSRL81. Guidance on good practice and general advice on waste management is taken from avariety of sources by RSRL and includes the following:• ‘Nuclear Industry Code of Practice for Clearance and Exemption’ – providesguidance on how to measure and assess waste in order to dispose of waste asexempt (‘out of scope’) or non-radioactive• SAFEGROUNDS – Good practice guidance for the management of contaminatedland and defence sites• SD:SPUR – Site Decommissioning: Sustainable Practices in the Use of Resources• HSE, EA and SEPA – The Management of Higher Activity Radioactive Waste onNuclear Licensed Sites, Joint guidance from the Health and Safety Executive, theEnvironment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to nuclearlicensees, Issued Feb 2010 (Overview and 6 supporting documents)• Radioactive Substances Regulation (RSR): Principles of optimisation in themanagement and disposal of radioactive waste.• EA Pollution Prevention Guidance (PPG) notes• EA Requirements Working Group, EARWG, which was established as a BestPractice Forum for radioactive waste and manages the production of a best practicewebsite including a waste minimisation database3.2 Waste Management Organisation82. The Harwell and Winfrith sites became one site licensee company (SLC) known asResearch Sites Restoration Limited (RSRL) in February 2009. The RSRL wastemanagement organisation, as shown in Figure 2, comprises the management team whichreports to the Managing Director of RSRL and includes the following:• The Harwell Closure Director has overall responsibility for the strategicdevelopment, implementation, operation and decommissioning of the Harwell site• The Winfrith Closure Director has overall responsibility for the strategicdevelopment, implementation, operation and decommissioning of the Winfrith site• The Waste Strategy Manager has responsibility for developing waste managementstrategy including the production of the IWS, ensuring that appropriate technicalwork and option studies are undertaken to support the development of the IWS• The Environment Manager has responsibility for managing the site waste BestAvailable Technique (BAT ) studies which will support the IWS and futureapplications for EPR2010 Permits.• The Solid Waste Complex Project Manager and Senior Project Managers haveresponsibility for implementing the waste management strategy• The Waste Compliance Manager and Assistant Waste Compliance Managers(solid waste), the LETP Manager (liquid waste) and the Environment Manager(gaseous waste) have responsibility for applying the Waste Hierarchy and BestAvailable Technique (BAT) for waste minimisation, and compliance with permits andconditions for acceptance.• Project Managers, Authority to Operate (ATO) Holders, and Area WasteOfficers (AWO) have direct responsibility for waste management within their projector area of work including the application of the waste hierarchy, waste minimisation,and compliance with permit requirements.RSRL IWS (Issue 5 – October 2012)24