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

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDmethods for the treatment and disposal of organic liquids could result in a more costeffective and BAT approach than incineration.14. External constraints and dependencies influencing the IWS include:• The availability of sufficient annual site funding particularly in relation to theoptimised plan for Winfrith.• The need to obtain planning permission for the construction of an ILW store atHarwell.• The need to obtain permission for Winfrith ILW to be transferred to Harwell for longtermstorage pending disposal to the GDF.• The successful implementation of the Nuclear Materials Transfer project andmeeting ONR requirements to downgrade the security level at Harwell.• LLWR’s agreement to accept SGHWR sludges, currently stored in the Winfrith TRS.• The continued availability of off-site disposal routes for Low Level Waste (includingvery low level waste and low activity low level waste) from operations,decommissioning and remediation.• Uncertainty in implementation and timing of the export of ILW to the GDF. This iscurrently assumed to be 2040.• The availability of a standard waste transport container (SWTC) to transfer packagedILW in drums from Harwell to the GDF.15. The key areas requiring further development to help improve the IWS include:• Progress planning permission for the Harwell ILW store.• Develop the use of RCBs for Winfrith ILW and ILW arising from Harwell reactordecommissioning.• Obtain LLWR’s agreement to accept SGHWR sludges.• Optimise the strategies for natural and depleted uranium.• Optimise the strategy for decommissioning of the Harwell Discharge PipelineRSRL IWS (Issue 5 – October 2012)6