Bob Williamson Head of Operational Planning 3 rd Party Academic Access to NNL Central Lab – Commercial Arrangements

Commercial Arrangements Direct Project Costs Indirect Project Costs Funded through University 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