Overview of Environment Agency Decommissioning and Clean up

programme – delivering Nuclear site restoration

Peter Orr, decommissioning and clean up programme manager, Environment Agency

NuLeaf meeting – 14 July 2010

Future challenges

Corporate Strategy and nuclear regulation objectives

5 year plan

Site restoration

Summary

CONTENTS:

Future challenges

Gordon Brown

A better place for people and wildlife

Act to reduce climate change and its consequences

Protect andimprove air, landand water quality

Put people andcommunitiesat the heart of

what we do

Work withbusinesses and the public sector to use

resources wisely

Be the best we can

Our Aim

To achieve this we will

Act to reduce Climate Change and its Consequences

We will know we are succeeding when:

New nuclear power stations meet world class environmental

standards, and there is robust infrastructure delivering

progress in legacy decommissioning and clean-up, and

radioactive waste management and disposal.

Decommissioning and clean up

Operating sites

Geological disposal

New Nuclear Build

Emergency response

Be the best we can

5 year plan

Our decommissioning and clean up programme

Progress is made in dealing with the Nuclear Legacy

Reducing the risk to this generation and the burden on future generations

Covers all work that delivers these outcomes and will ensure continued protection of the environment

Site restoration - discussionOverview

Tasks

Strategy and plan

Supporting strategies

Risks and mitigation

Monitoring progress and performance

Priorities

Questions

Working together

NDA restoration overview

LEAD STRATEGY

Agreed aims and objectives

Public participation

Baseline position or status report

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Clear distinction of tasks

Strategy for tasks - reducing risk and burden for future generations

Site restoration tasks

Retrieval and treatment of legacy radioactive wastesTreatment of radioactive waste (to make immobile) from ongoing operationsStabilisation of redundant nuclear facilitiesDismantling of legacy facilitiesSelling of assets or commercial operationsRemediation and restoration

NDA site restoration strategy & plan

Strategy - achievement of aims and objectives

Protection of the environment (sustainability)

Reduction of hazard and risk (priority)

Early or deferred decommissioning (funding)

Decade by decade schedule (transparency)

Milestones – interim states (accountability)

Plan - risk mitigation, realising opportunities and issue resolution (value for money)

Supporting strategies

Fuels and materials (both a legacy and opportunity to use assets for revenue)

Waste (the main challenge)

Knowledge management (doing it better)

Public stakeholder engagement (gaining support and new ideas)

Commercial (leveraging innovation)

Risks and mitigation

Major event or accident Risk stabilisation (asset care) and reduction plan

Disposal infrastructure National Integrated Waste strategy

Funding Agreed site restoration plan

Road map for innovation

Milestones drive new approaches and research

Best practice Leveraging international practice (standardising)

Monitoring progress and performance

National Annual report

Supported by site annual Environment Reports

Context of site “interim states”, “end states” & milestones

Covers supporting strategies

Performance metrics

Transparent change control

Priorities

National major hazard and risk reduction plan

Baseline position

Strategic Environmental Assessment & Environmental Impact Assessment

Alternative strategic futures

Public participation

Consensus

Questions?

Role of local authorities

Regional and local planning

Proximity principle

Transparency of information

Enabling public participation

Support from the Environment Agency

NDA strategy 2

Implementing strategies – not just decisions

Working together

Local partnering groups focussed on site restoration and delivery

Local agreements (binding?)

One place for shared information (e portal)

Sharing resources

Share messages to strategy 2

Summary

Site restoration plan

Priorities

Environmental assessment & public participation (National and local)

Accountability

Local agreements

Working together