Environment and Radioactive Waste Management Group

Radioactive Waste Management Strategy Studies

• Review of the manufacturing and waste management practices at RRMPOL Derby in support of the long-term waste management strategy for the site including the production of future waste management systems and procedures to minimise future discharges from the licensed site.
  

• Consultancy Support to Waste Inventory Development at Magnox Stations.

• Definition of the waste groups according to physical, chemical and radiological characteristics and with common treatment and management methods at RRMPOL Derby.
  

• Evaluation of the best practices for treatment and disposal of liquid, gaseous and solid radioactive wastes arising from fuel manufacture. This work involved the examination of the existing clean up and decontamination technologies and an evaluation of emerging technologies that offer the potential for application over the next 10 years at RRMPOL Derby.
  

• Support on the development of a robust strategy for the management of PCM wastes Site-wide Liquid Effluent Treatment Strategy in support of the Dounreay Site Restoration Plan.
  

• Review/justification study on the proposed upgrades for the D1203 Low Active Drain at Dounreay as a result of the upgrade identified for the Suspect Active Drain monitoring improvements.
  

• Active Waste Vaults Retrieval Project - Nuclear Technologies are providing waste management consultancy services for the Active Waste Vaults project, which involves the retrieval and packaging of operational waste, stored on the Berkeley Site. Our involvement includes:
  

• A review of the waste management strategy for the AWVR project.
  

• Preparation of procedures for trials to evaluate the waste processing system in the AWVR process cell including the vibro table and assay system.
  

• Evaluation of the results of the waste processing system trials.
  

• Preparation of Stage 1 Nirex Letter of Comfort submissions for the mobile and the solid waste streams.
  

• Preparation of a BPEO report for the AWVR facility.
  

• Undertaking a HAZard APpraisal (HAZAP) study for the mobile and solid waste streams.
  

• Preparation and maintaining waste datasheets derived from the HAZAP study.
  

• Participation in optioneering assessments for the identification of the preferred options for processing the mobile waste.