Prepare Strategic Business Cases
for NDA
•
Consolidate nuclear materials at Sellafield
– Work underway with Sellafield Ltd.
– Developing final business case
– Assessing facility impacts
– Developing transportation logistics Work with Sellafield
– Deliver business case for NDA decision
•
Deliver early closure of Winfrith site
– preparing business case for NDA consideration
– Perform alongside Harwell programme
– Considering ILW transfer to Harwell
RSRL Waste & Nuclear Material Transfers
Key Objective
To gain security benefits by transferring Waste
and Nuclear Material from Harwell, making use of
facilities across the NDA estate in line with
‘Strategy 2’.
Scope
The permanent removal of all identified material
(Dragon, LEU, CHILW &CLDs).
2
RSRL Waste and Nuclear Material
Dragon fuel in 40-litre containers
Low Enriched Uranium in 200-litre drums
Contact Handled ILW Drums in 200-litre drums
Concrete Lined Drums (200, 450 & 670-litre)
3
Summary of Transport Movements
Waste & Nuclear
Material
Modified
Modular Flask
Nupak /
Novapak
Resealable
FHISO
Gemini
Dragon Fuel
251 trips
n/a
n/a
n/a
CHILW drums
n/a
171 trips
77 trips
n/a
Concrete Lined
Drums
n/a
n/a
33 trips
355 trips
Low Enriched
Uranium
n/a
15 trips
n/a
n/a
Total
251 trips
186 trips
110 trips
355 trips
902 trips over 3 - 4 years
4
Rail method of operation
• Multi modal-currently used for both nuclear and non nuclear
• Road transfer from Harwell to railhead
• Rail transfer from railhead to Sellafield
• Up to 4 packages per movement ~300 rail moves
Programme
• Business case submitted Sept 11
• Enabling works through to 2013
• Transfer operations 2013 to 2017
Closure of RSRL Winfrith
• Decommissioning of all RSRL facilities
• Hand back to NDA
• Consideration of transfer of waste to other sites
• Impact to existing tenants
• Delivery of the programme
Harwell Oxford Campus
• Science, innovation, and business campus
• Owned and managed by joint venture: UK Atomic Energy
Authority, Science and Technology Facilities Council,
Goodman
Harwell Lifetime Plan
Near term focus:
– Legacy waste processing
– Groundwater clean-up
– Campus development facilitation
Long term focus
Complete decommissioning
Store ILW until national facility ready
RSRL Considering ILW Storage
Options
•
Interim storage of ILW needed until geological disposal facility available
– Geological disposal not available until after 2040
– Maximises release of Harwell site to campus development
•
RSRL considering options for Harwell, Winfrith and Culham ILW to achieve
benefits including...
– Release of land for new uses
– Avoid unnecessary construction
– Redirect construction and operations costs to decommissioning activities
•
Proposals will be based on Best Available Techniques assessments
Potential Storage Facility Sizes
ILW Inventory
Estimated Dimensions of Store Required
Length (m)
Width
(m)
Height
(m)
Area
(m2)
Harwell only
105
27
10
2835
Harwell + Winfrith + Culham
105
34
10
3570
Harwell (with exports) + Winfrith
+ Culham
105
18.5
10
1940
Potential Locations for ILW
Storage Facility