Current and future challenges in disposing of LLW – the LLWR perspective

SAFESPUR WORKSHOP29 April 2009

Presented By: Chuck Conway, Head of Consignor Support, LLWR Ltd.

UK LLW Challenges presented by NDA - 2006 Pa

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Baseline 2006 Inventory Forecast

Current SLC LTP

2008 Storage and

disposal capacity

exceeded

2008 Storage and

disposal capacity

exceeded

2011Risk of PCSC failure

2011Risk of PCSC failure

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2020LLWR full

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Baseline 2006 InventoryForecast

Current SLC LTP

Partnership with consignors and supply chain is critical to solving UK LLW Challenges.

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LLWR Ltd Key Initiatives – LTP 2008

• Provide assured storage and disposal at LLWR

• Strategic partnership with NDA and consignors to develop a UK National LLW Strategy.

• Transform LLWR into a fully integrated waste management operation– Open additional fit-for-purpose waste management and

disposal routes – Enhanced consignor support organisation– Energise the Supply Chain

• Commenced in September 2008:– Excavation nearing completion– Concrete and Bentonite batching plants established– Currently constructing west side retaining wall– Piling operations to the east side

• Area available for operation in April 2009

• Completed by December 2009

• Gives 10 year capacity

• Storage area for Segregated Wastes

Vault 9

Vault 9

Vault 8

UK National LLW Repository capacity – March 2009

Environmental Safety Case

• Background:– 2002 ESC not accepted by EA– 2006 Authorisation only allows storage once Vault 8 full– Revised ESC required by EA 1st May 2011– EA unhappy with progress

• Progress:– ESC work programme completely replanned Summer 2008– New project manager and team in place– Liaising closely with EA to ensure 2011 ESC will meet their

requirements– Recent interim submissions to EA have been accepted as meeting

their requirements

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UK LLW Policy – The need for change

• In March 2007 the UK government published a new policy for the Management of Solid Radioactive Low Level Waste (LLW).

• Recognising that the previous policy published in 1995, known as Command 2919 (Cm2919), was not written with the NDA’s large-scale decommissioning programme in mind, the new policy introduced a more flexible and fit-for-purpose approach for LLW management centred around the application of the waste hierarchy.

• The policy requires the NDA to publish a UK LLW Strategy and Management Plan for integrated LLW management throughout the UK

UK LLW Strategy Development Process

Options and opportunities

Outside LLWR SLC scope

Topical Strategies for LLW Management

Options and opportunitiesPre

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LLW Strategy Group

LLW Management

Plan

UK Nuclear Industry LLW

Strategy

Strategic Environmental AssessmentSEA

Environmental Report

LLW Strategy Group

LLW Strategy Group

Plan for Optimal use of the LLWR

LLWR Initial Operational Strategy LLWR Preliminary

Operational Strategy LLWR Developed

Operational Strategy

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LLW Strategy Group

LLW Strategic Review – Components of Baseline

• LLW Management Strategies

– LLWR Site Operational Strategy

– Consignor site LLW management strategies

• LLW Inventory

• Assets and infrastructure (existing and planned) for LLW management

• Costs and liabilities associated with LLW management

LLW Liability by SLC

Dounreay£167,069,497

1.7%

Magnox South£1,419,655,074

14%

Magnox North£1,748,059,240

18%

Springfields £100,399,470

1.0%

Sellafield£6,273,927,843

63% Research Sites£156,438,088

1.6%

Total Liability£9,866m

Strategic Review Conclusions

• Consignor’s LTP 2008 includes funding for implementing the hierarchy.

• LLWR Ltd. LTP 2008 is based on “immediate” and “maximum” implementation of the hierarchy by all consignors.

• Not all consignors have planned for “immediate” and “maximum” implementation.

• The Business Case will support the process of determining the optimal level of implementation.

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Provision within LTP08 - £2.7Bn

Uncontracted Liability ~ £3Bn

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Consignor Support Team

TransportationDangerous Goods

Container FleetWaste Tracking

Transport and Logistics

Consignor CertificationConsignor AssuranceSupplier Assurance

Duty of Care AssessmentsWaste Acceptance Monitoring

Metallic Waste TreatmentCombustible Waste Treatment

Very Low Level Waste DisposalWaste Characterisation

Packaging SolutionsIntegrated Transport

Waste Management Systems

Service Development

Service Delivery

Service Assurance

CharacterisationMetallic Waste

Combustible WasteVery Low Level Waste

Container SupplyTransport and Logistics

Supply Chain Services

Customer SupportRelationship Management

Contract ManagementProcedures and TrainingInventory / Forecasting

Service Support

Consignor Support

Our Customers

NDA Sites

Private Sector

Third Parties

Public Sector

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Current Low Level Waste Services

• Low Level Waste Container Supply Service:– Supply of Disposal Containers– Repair and Inspection Service

• Low Level Waste Treatment Services:– Loose Waste Compaction Service– Drummed Waste Compaction Service– Metallic Waste Treatment Service– Combustible Waste Treatment Service

• Low Level Waste Disposal Services• Very Low Level Waste Disposal Services

Future Low Level Waste Services

• Container Supply Service:– Supply of Reusable Containers / Liners

• Transport and Logistics Services• Treatment Services:

– Niche Wastes (Ion Exchange / NORM / Tritiated Wastes)– Additional New Treatment Options

• Support Services:– Analysis and Fingerprinting– Characterisation / Measurement / Exemption– Consultation / Documentation / Training

Support

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Framework Agreement