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LLWR Developed Operational Strategy10009/LLWR/LTP Date: March 2010The National LLW Strategy Team developed numerous strategic technical documents, option studiesand reviews, and plans to inform the emerging LLW Strategy and underpin the potential benefits ofwaste management options to the NDA for strategy development and implementation. Some ofthese important documents are shown below:National LLW Strategy Documents• Strategic Review Document• Topical Strategies for LLW Management• National LLW Management Plan• Strategic Best Practicable Environmental Options• Strategic Business Cases• LLWR Operational Strategy• Strategic Technical Briefs• Risk Assessment of UK LLW StrategyFIGURE 2 - COLLABORATIVE MEMBERSHIP OF LLW STRATEGY GROUPRegulatorsNationalLLW StrategyTeamStakeholderRepresentativesNDA SiteProgrammeManagerUK LLWStrategyGroupNDA and SLCSite/BundleRepresentativesGovernmentParticipantsNon-NDALLW ConsignorRepresentativesPage 12 of 62
LLWR Developed Operational Strategy10009/LLWR/LTP Date: March 2010The results of these endeavours have been discussed and consulted at the NDA UK LLW StrategyGroup, established in April 2008 as a collaborative and consultative forum to integrate the UK LLWprogramme on a regional and national basis.A LLW Strategy Group module on the LLWR website (www.llwrsite.com) was enacted in May 2008 toimprove communications and make technical information and consultative documents more readilyavailable.The NDA issued the UK Nuclear Industry LLW Strategy Consultation Document [6] on 5 th June 2009.This important deliverable represented nearly two years of significant efforts toward the development ofan integrated LLW management programme in the UK. The consultation document sets out theproposed strategy for the management of solid LLW wastes arising from the nuclear industry in the UK,in response to government policy published in March 2007. Following a formal consultation periodthrough 30 November 2009, comments were incorporated into the strategy based upon the consultationresponses, and formally submitted to Government in January 2010 for approval.The proposed UK Strategy for the Management of Solid Low Level Radioactive Waste from the NuclearIndustry [7] will provide continued capability and capacity for the safe, secure, and environmentallyresponsiblemanagement and disposal of LLW in the UK for both the nuclear and non-nuclear industriesthrough:• Application of the Waste Hierarchy, with emphasis on waste avoidance, re-use/recycle, andminimisation• Best use of existing facilities, working more efficiently and potentially extending the life of theLLW Repository as a national asset• Development and use of new fit-for-purpose management and disposal routes for greaterflexibility and options in LLW management for waste producersIn addition, the collective implementation of the LLW Strategy at all NDA sites can produce a stepchangeimprovement in LLW management practices across the NDA estate and contribute significantsavings to the overall LLW baseline.4.2 Implementing UK LLW Strategy4.2.1 Management PlanImplementation of the UK Nuclear Industry LLW Strategy is being aggressively progressed utilising anumber of methods and processes, including disseminating good practice in applying the wastemanagement hierarchy, developing alternative, fit-for-purpose waste management routes, andexamining best use of existing NDA assets. One of the primary vehicles for implementing the LLWStrategy was development of the UK Nuclear Industry LLW Management Plan.The UK Nuclear Industry LLW Management Plan [8] established the overall plan for developing andimplementing an integrated LLW programme throughout the UK. The Plan identifies the scope,schedule, and resources (how, when, and who) needed to conduct the tasks for improving LLWPage 13 of 62
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