implementing ndas strategy - a year on update to nuleaf september 2012 bill hamilton, nda head of...

Implementing NDA’s Strategy - a year on

Update to NuLeaf September 2012

Bill Hamilton, NDA Head of Stakeholder Relations

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Outline

• NDA Strategy

• Strategic Themes

– Site Restoration

– Integrated Waste Management

– Spent Fuel

– Nuclear Materials

• Summary

NDA Strategy

• Under Energy Act (2004) obligations we must review and publish our Strategy at least every five years

• UK Government and the Scottish Ministers approved our new Strategy in March 2011

• The Strategy incorporates stakeholder views, feedback and responses to the consultation on our Draft Strategy

• Effective from April 2011

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NDA Strategic Themes

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Scope of NDA Strategy

Site End States

Land Quality Management

Decommissioning & Clean-Up

SITE RESTORATION NUCLEAR MATERIALSSPENT FUELINTEGRATED WASTE

MANAGEMENT

BUSINESS OPTIMISATION

CRITICAL ENABLERS

Exotic Fuels

Oxide Fuel

Magnox Fuel

Uranics

Plutonium

Non-Rad & Hazardous

Lower Activity Waste

Higher Activity Waste

Land & Property Management

Revenue Optimisation

People

Research & Development

HSSSEQ

Competition

Contracting & Incentivisation

Asset Management

Socio-Economics

Info & Knowledge Management

Supply Chain Development

International Relations

Funding

Transport & Logistics

Public & Stakeholder Engagement

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Our legacy

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Site Restoration

Aim of strategy development = optimise roadmap implicit in lifetime plans

Knowledge of site condition, site

setting and good practice

Site Restoration Strategy

Optimised Site Restoration Roadmap

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Site Restoration - Strategy development

• What level of restoration are we aiming for?

• How should we do it?

• When should we do it?

Knowledge of site condition, site

setting and good practice

Site Restoration Strategy

Optimised Site Restoration Roadmap

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Products of strategy development

1. Principles for defining Site End States

– Including a position on in-situ and on-site solutions

2. NDA estate-wide view of options for future land use

– Incorporating Integrated Waste Management strategy

3. Principles for defining Interim States

– Including position on continuous versus deferred decommissioning

4. Principles for prioritising restoration projects

5. Guidance on institutional controls that apply throughout site restoration journey

Integrated Waste Management

• Established Strategy Development Programme (Published May 2012)

• Our programme covers four different types of activity:– support to Government– strategy development– support to other driving

strategies– monitoring strategy

implementation.• IWM Programme Matrix and

Product Groups

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Past / Current practices – Baseline Plans

HAW Package(grout) Store

LLW Package(grout)

LLWR

Liquid and Gaseous Waste

Non-Radioactive and Hazardous Waste

Discharges

Landfill

GDF

HAW Interim Storage Guidance

• NDA will ensure that its strategy allows for the safe and secure storage of HAW for a period of at least 100 years

• NDA led a project that was responsible for delivering Industry Guidance on the storage of packaged HAW for the current UK civil decommissioning and clean-up programmes

• Issue 2 to be published later on this year

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Consolidation of Wastes

The movement of waste and/or nuclear materials between nuclear licensed sites that will secure a clear business benefit. Consolidation may be considered at a local, regional, NDA-wide or UK-wide level

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DSRLBaseline

On-site ILW storage

Southern ScotlandBaseline

• On-site storagePossible solution• NDA regional?

• Southern Scotland solutiono Regional store at 1 or 2 sites?

Sellafield LtdBaseline

• On-site ILW storage

Magnox – WalesBaseline

• On-site storagePossible solution• ILW store 1 site?

MAGNOX – EnglandBaseline

• Ministore on-site storagePossible solution

• Ministores consolidation?

Others• EdF – Energy

• MoD• AWE

RSRLBaseline

• Remaining Harwell ILW on site (Treatment and Storage)Possible solution

• Winfrith ILW offsite?• Harwell ILW offsite?

For illustrative purposes only

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Long-term management options

LLWR

Exempt waste

Alternative VLLW

Disposal

Transport

Compaction & Packaging

Metal recycling

Characterise, Sort and Segregate

Compaction & Packaging

Reuse and Recycle

Incineration

LLW Past / Baseline

LLW Strategy

Joint LLW Management Plans

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Impact of UK LLW Strategy

• 3915 tonnes of metals and 571 m3 combustible materials diverted from LLWR via alternative treatment routes

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Making a difference?

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Next: more guidance on VLLW and lower activity LLW disposal6-9 month project to further develop the strategy for VLLW and lower activity LLW. Comprising:•Assessment of arisings, need and capacity•Accommodating different needs in different parts of the country•Use of VLLW in the LLWR Cap construction•Assessment of Sellafield on-site / near-site disposal plans •Improve understanding of how on-site disposal affects our ability to clear our sites•CIRIA / EA work on erosion of landfills in coastal environments

And really important….• Underpinned by good stakeholder dialogue

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Spent Fuels

• Magnox Fuel

• Oxide Fuels

• Exotic Fuels– DFR Breeder– RSRL

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Magnox Fuel Strategy Position

• MOP performance has been inconsistent, and requires sustained, drastic improvement if expectations are to be met.

• To date, no reason found suggesting reprocessing could not continue up to 2020. No case for strategic change currently.

• MOP 9 Document now published.

• MOP inconsistency means NDA are exploring both contingency and alternative options to manage spent Magnox fuel

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Strategic Contingency and Alternative Options

1. Further exploration of Magnox alternative strategic options is being undertaken at a high level: largely focussing on interim in-reactor storage and options thereafter.

2. Ongoing contingency development work has been extended to: – include the entirety of the MOP

inventory (the present focus is on drying of wetted fuel),

– give wider consideration to management of the risks and hazards associated with wet storage, in parallel to ‘dry’ technologies

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Oxide fuels strategy

• After the NDA was formed it inherited a range of contracts covering reprocessing and storage of oxide spent fuels.

• THORP is now expected to complete the reprocessing contracts in 2018.

• In Strategy II, we committed to a strategic review ie an economic assessment of the lifecycle options

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What have we done?

• Determined our ‘Strategic Position’ on Oxide fuels

• Published and engaged on this through our Credible Options paper in November 2011

• Confirmation of this strategic position as our Preferred Option for oxide fuels depended on meeting two key conditions;

• Following further work, we have now confirmed our strategic position as our Preferred Option for oxide fuels

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What happens next?

• Performance risks that could impact on the delivery of the strategy

• The Management of Oxide Fuel Beyond the Closure of THORP in 2018

• Periodic updates on our progress with the interim storage and disposal of AGR spent fuel including any new strategic decisions

• Review the progress and health of our strategy for oxide fuels on an annual basis.

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Exotic Fuels – DFR Breeder

• Stakeholder Engagement– Credible & Preferred Options Published Early July 2011– Comments Received end of August– NDA Exec approval 31st October – NDA APPROVED STRATEGY– Mid November - Engagement Responses Published and NDA

Decision announced– Presented to Scottish Government & Highlands Council

• Anticipated first shipment of DFR Breeder to SL in late 2012

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RSRL Exotics Fuels and Materials

• Stakeholder Engagement– Credible & Preferred Options Published Early August 2011– Comments Received end of September– NDA Exec approval 31st October – NDA APPROVED STRATEGY– Mid November - Engagement Responses Published and NDA

Decision announced– Discussions with Oxfordshire CC and Cumbria Councils successful– Planning permissions submissions on-going

• First shipment of material expected Spring 2013

Nuclear Materials

Plutonium Strategy

• NDA Published Plutonium Credible Options Studies in 2010.

• Continue to consolidate plutonium storage into modern standard storage facilities

• Government announcement on national management policy for UK based civil plutonium in 2011– NDA now talking to Utilities and Technology Suppliers– Government Consultation sets out preferred position of new MOX

plant– Now providing a Business Case for Government to assist in decision

making– Put out a request for other interested parties to come forward– Due to report to Government by end of 2012

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What happens next?

• Strategy to be updated every 5 years

• Next Strategy due in 2016

• Detailed plans available in our Business Plan

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