Integrated Waste Management Strategy – preparing for SIII NuLeAF – 29 th January 2015

IWM Topics Integrated Waste Management Lower Activity Wastes Non-Radioactive & Hazardous Wastes Higher Activity Wastes Other themes (Site Restoration etc) NDA STRATEGY THEME TOPIC

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 TypeDSRL/ Sellafield MagnoxRSRL 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

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

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