rd
3
Party Academic Access to NNL
Central Lab – Commercial
Arrangements
Bob Williamson
Head of Operational Planning
Commercial Arrangements
Funded through
University
Direct Project Costs
Indirect Project Costs
Funded by NDA as part of
NDA / DCF Agreement
Commercial Arrangements
• Indirect Project Costs include cost of
• Building overhead (eg rent & rates, utilities, security)
• Routine Maintenance of generic lab infrastructure & equipment (eg
gloveboxes, fumehoods, SEM)
• General lab management (eg DAPs, laundry, health physics)
• Direct Project Costs charged by NNL include cost of
• Processing security clearance
• Safety / security training
• Safety supervisor cover
• Project consumables
• Project-specific equipment
• Project specific decommissioning / waste costs
Agenda
• NNL and it’s stakeholders
• Requirements for access to the Central
Laboratory
• Conducting Research Safely
• Progress to date
NNL and the Stakeholders
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
•
•
Superior Landlord
Sellafield Ltd
•
Landlord
• Office of Nuclear Regulation
•
Licence Instrument
•
Security
• Environment Agency
•
Regulator
• National Nuclear Laboratory
•
Lease Holder
Access to Central Laboratory
• “Licence to Occupy”
•
One per academic
institution
• Access Agreement
•
One per academic
institution
• Third Party User Safety
Requirements
•
Written Response
What you get for access
• Medium and High Activity fumecupboards, gloveboxes,
and now the potential of HA cells
• Analytical equipment
• Desks and IT
•
No access to Sellafield IT infrastructure
•
Access to relevant NNL operational procedures
• NNL support to training and compliance
Requirements for access to Sellafield Site
• Security Vetting
• Applications for site pass (P4)
• Sellafield Site Induction
•
Details site requirements, standards for behaviours
and emergency arrangements
Conducting Research Safely
Safe Operations are underpinned by:
1.
Training
2.
Work Authorisation
3. Good supervision
4.
Adherence to local rules
Conducting Research Safely
• Training
•
Local building and laboratory arrangements
•
Emergency response
•
Knowledge of legal requirements
•
Specific fumehood / glovebox training
•
Supervisory training (where required)
• Courses are a combination of NNL-led, SL-led and (where
applicable) TPU-led training
Conducting Research Safely
• Work Authorisation
• Work requests are reviewed by NNL operations staff
• Submitted to SL for approval
• A work request is expected to contain:
•
A description of the work
•
Risk assessment of the task
•
Supplementary assessments and instructions
Progress to date
• Process shown to work
• Working on an active site
requires more preparation
• SL have audited and
inspected TPU activities
and are satisfied
• Good partnership between
all parties