Post on 21-Jan-2016
Integrated Waste Management Strategy – preparing for SIII
NuLeAF – 29th January 2015
IWM Topics
Integrated Waste Management
Lower Activity Wastes
Non-Radioactive & Hazardous
Wastes
Higher Activity Wastes
Other themes(Site Restoration etc)
NDA STRATEGY
TH
EM
ET
OP
IC
NDA IWM key messages (1)
• Our strategy is to ensure that wastes are managed in a manner that provides value for money, protects people and the environment, whilst complying with UK Government and Devolved Governments policies and regulations.
• We continue to promote the importance of waste characterisation, improved waste information and waste segregation to facilitate waste management planning and application of the Waste Hierarchy.
NDA IWM key messages (2)
• Our Higher Activity Waste Strategy is to implement the UK Government’s policy of deep geological disposal and the Scottish Government policy for long-term management in near surface facilities.
• LLWR is central to our LLW strategy and it is important that we make best use of this facility’s remaining ccapacity. We will reduce disposal volumes by waste prevention, reusing materials and recycling wherever possible.
5
Types of wastes in the UK
LLW Long-lived ILW Vitrified HLW
6
List is not exhaustive & values are indicative only. Major decommissioning streams are in red.
Waste types – operational & decommissioning
Waste Type DSRL/
Sellafield
Magnox RSRL
Aqueous Liquids
Oils & Solvents
Sludges & Slurries
PCM -
Ion Exchange Media
Wood, Paper & Cardboard
Plastic & Rubber
Irradiated Fuel Debris
Graphite
Steel
Concrete
2013 UKRWI – ILW future arisings
Summary of HAW Baseline
Waste conditioning
Transport
Disposal facility for HAW
or
Transport
Interim waste storage or long-
term storage
9
HAW Baseline (Each site)
Retrievals Treatment, conditioning &
packaging
Interim storage
GDF
HAW Strategy
GDF(England & Wales)
Characterise
Sort and Segregation
Opportunities
LLWR / Out of Scope
Consider Options
Site solutions:e.g.
•Treatment
•Decay storage
•Support to risk reduction programmes
•Robust storage
Estate Solutions:e.g.
•Waste processing services
•Consolidated Storage including decay storage
(..where required) Select optimised storage regime:
Package & Store
Alternative Disposal Option(s)
(England & Wales)
SII HAW Projects - summary
• Storage consolidation – series of NDA positions• HAW Stores Guidance – published• Graphite – SMS papers published• HAW treatment – framework established (ongoing work),
developed an initial Business Case for thermal treatment• Boundary wastes – initiated (LLWR published guidance)• Geological disposal (RWMD to RWM)• Support to Scottish Government
NDA Integrated Waste Management
INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF
WASTE CLASSIFICATION
LAW
HAW
; LAW
NO
T SU
ITA
BLE
FOR
DIS
POSA
L A
S LL
W
ENCA
PSU
LATI
ON
; SO
LID
IFIC
ATIO
N;
DEC
ON
TAM
INA
TIO
N
SECO
ND
ARY
WA
STE
THER
MAL
TR
EATM
ENT;
MET
AL
MEL
T;
DEC
ON
TAM
INA
TIO
N
SECO
ND
ARY
WA
STE
DEC
AY S
TORA
GE
RE-USE / RECYCLEOUT-OF-SCOPE
LAW
HAW
OU
T-O
F-SC
OPE
CHARACTERISATION RETRIEVALSORTING, SIZE
REDUCTION AND SEGREGATION
CONDITIONING TEMPORARY STORAGE TREATMENTPACKAGING TRANSPORTTRANSPORT DISPOSAL
SURFACE OR NEAR-
SURFACE DISPOSAL
CHARACTERISATION RETRIEVALSORTING, SIZE
REDUCTION AND SEGREGATION
CONDITIONING INTERIM STORAGE TREATMENTPACKAGING TRANSPORT DISPOSAL
NEAR SURFACE OR GEOLOGICAL
DISPOSAL
TRANSPORT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste lifecycle step common for all wastes
Waste lifecycle step applicable to some wastes
KEY