Management of the LLW National Waste Programme

David Rossiter

Head of National Programme

The National Programme made simple

• Think about LLW as a complex machine…..

• It works best when all of the pieces are in the right place and moving at the right speed!

The National Programme made simple

• What is it?– How we are going to implement the LLW

strategy– A big schedule of everything going on

across the estate– Work activities fall under 8 WBS

programme elements

• Why?– Allows Government, NDA, supply chain,

and stakeholders to monitor progress– Allows better co-ordination between sites– Shows stakeholders there is a ‘grand-plan’– We will know when we have succeeded– Accountability for delivery!

What are we trying to achieve?

LLWR’s role as NDA’s Agent

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• Sets Objectives• Funding• Incentivisation

• Deliver!• Communicate progress

• Monitor and track progress

• Integrate delivery• Share best practice

Work Breakdown Structure

Joint LLW Management Plans Produced

Programme Schedule

Programme Management Arrangements

Programme Management Arrangements• Establishment of Programme Office at LLWR

• Suite of procedures developed:– Programme Schedule Generation– Generation and Update of Joint Waste

Management Plans– Change control– Dashboard Reporting– NDA Major Programme Report Production (PGR)– Issue Resolution

• Programme optimisation tools under development:

– Risk Management – Benefit Realisation

• Embodied in a Programme Manual

Waste Metric Dashboard• Shows quantities of

metal, combustible, and VLLW diverted from LLWR in FY11/12

• 3,915 te metal recycled

• 527m3 combustible• 17m3 VLLW

• CO2 saved 24,549te

• Vault 9 Capacity Preserved since 2009:

• ~950+ HHISOs• ~17.6% since 2009• ~2 years life

LLW Programme Governance

NDA Governance Meetings

LLWR Monthly Service Delivery Meeting

Monthly Programme Managers Meeting

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LTP & Contract Governance

Day to Day Interaction

Weekly Customer Reviews (Internal)

Day to Day Interaction

7-weekly supplier contract reviews

Supplier Delivery

Customer issues

SLC Programme Information

SLC GovernanceQuarterly Customer Reviews

6-Monthly Delivery Overview Group

(formerly ILPDG)

Regulator Liaison Meeting

Weekly Supplier Reviews (Internal)

Programme Delivery Highlights

• Sellafield MEBs for treatment • Delivery of Berkeley boiler

project • First VLLW shipment from

RSRL• First combustible waste

shipments from Dounreay• Development of new VLLW,

Characterisation & Transport Services

• DRS/LLWR Multi-modal transport service development & trial shipments

• Calder Hall SMART inventory review

Summary• 1 year of planning has gone into the

National Programme• Management and governance processes

developed• Programme Office has been established• Joint LLW Management Plans and

schedule developed • The programme has now gone fully ‘live’

from April 2012• Going forward we will manage delivery in

more co-ordinated way• Report progress and success

www.llwrsite.com/national-programme

One final thought……

“Planning is an unnatural process; its much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression”

Sir John Harvey-Jones (Former Chairman of ICI)