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

2

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).

3

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)

4

Summary of Transport Movements

Dragon Fuel

CHILW drums

Concrete LinedDrums

Low EnrichedUranium

251 trips

171 trips

n/a

Nupak /Novapak

n/a

ModifiedModular Flask

n/a

n/a

Waste & NuclearMaterial

77 trips

n/a

33 trips

ResealableFHISO

15 trips

n/a 355 trips

n/a

n/a

Gemini

n/a n/a

110 trips 355 trips186 trips251 tripsTotal

902 trips over 3 - 4 years

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 PlanNear 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 SizesILW 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

A

BC