Update on National SSG (NSSG) and Waste Issue Group (WIG)

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Update on National SSG (NSSG) and Waste Issue
Group (WIG)

• Presented by Louisa Whenday

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• 1 NSSG Meeting held Birmingham 6 7 November
• 2 WIGs July September

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NSSG

• Time for SSG representatives to network
• Report by Sir Anthony Cleaver, NDA Chairman
• Waste Issue Groups Report
• MIG
• WIG
• Security Regulations - OCNS

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NSSG Contd.

• NDA Updates
• Accelerated Clean-up
• Routes for LLW ILW
• Cash-flow
• Skills for Nuclear Industry
• Socio-economic
• Contracts
• Site End States

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Way forward

• Consultation outcomes presented to the NDA
• Preferred outcomes to be considered by local
  planning departments
• Feedback feasible options for level of
  remediation required to be assessed
• Final outcomes of options to be presented to NDA

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• Any questions?

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Update on CoRWM(Committee on Radioactive Waste
Management)

• 3 Main Options-
• Geological
• Interim Storage
• Local Community Involvement

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Update on CoRWM contd.

• Recommendations include
• R D
• Inventory
• Flexibility
• Research
• Immobilisation for storage
• Public engagement
• Siting of Facilities

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Update on CoRWM contd.

• NDA and NIREX take programme forward
• Report review 2007
• Overall accountability for
• Recovery
• Treatment
• Storage
• Transport
• Disposal
• Plan to be established

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• ANY QUESTIONS?