The NDA and its Engineering Challenges Richard Waite Engineering Director, NDA ICE Conference, 13th

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The NDA and its Engineering ChallengesRichard
Waite - Engineering Director, NDAICE
Conference, 13th Oct 2006
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Contents

• NDA background and duties.
• NDA Strategy.
• The Challenges in -
• Scoping the task
• Clean up
• Waste Management.
• The Skills issue
• Summary

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Background

• Established by UK Government 18 months ago.
• Responsible for the UK civil public sector
  nuclear legacy.
• Sites and facilities built from 1940s onwards.
• Annual funding of 2Bn.
• Based in West Cumbria.
• Four regional offices covering 20 sites across
  the UK.

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Statutory duties

• Ensure legacy is dealt with safely, securely and
  cost effectively in ways that protect the
  environment.
• Promote competition in decommissioning and clean
  up market.
• Carrying out RD related to decommissioning.
• Ensure maintenance development of
  decommissioning skills.
• Promote best practice and secure value for money.
• Support the social and economic life of
  communities around sites.
• Generate Commercial revenue from asset base as
  part of overall strategy

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Integrated National Strategy
NUCLEAR MATERIALS STRATEGY
SPENT FUEL STRATEGY
NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR NDA SITES
STRATEGY FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DECOMMISSIONING AND CLEAN-UP STRATEGY
COMPETITION STRATEGY
SOCIO-ECONOMIC STRATEGY
WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
RD AND SKILLS STRATEGY
STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY
Inter-related strategies contribute to integrated
national strategy.
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The Scoping challenge-- Lifecycle Baseline

• Total scope and costs of ALL planned activities
  to site end states- the LCBL
• Common format , annual update
• Current total is 62.7Bn out to 2150
• Excludes Pu, Uranics, LLW and ILW repository
  costs
• Plan to cap in 2008

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LCBL challenges

• Is all the scope identified
• Are the solutions underpinned?
• Are the estimates robust?
• Has risk been properly addressed?
• Are dependencies clear
• All Part of current LCBL improvement project

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Analysis of 2005/06 LCBL by Site
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Lifetime Baseline Cost Profiles
Innovation and competition to ..
C O S T
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2005
2050
2100
2150
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The Clean Up challenge

• Waste characterisation
• Retrievals
• Conditioning
• Encapsulation/immobilisation
• Storage

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Skills
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The Nuclear Materials / Waste Challenge

• Decisions needed on Pu and Uranics
• Spent fuel management optimisation?
• Additional LLW capacity?
• New build?
• Long term disposal solutions-(CoRWM)

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Long term waste management

• Assumption that ILW and HLW repositories will be
  available from 2040 and 2075 respectively.
• NDA plans include 100yr interim storage
• LLW capacity needs increasing for current reactor
  fleet
• 1.5 x existing capacity.
• Possibility for localised solutions welcomed,
  subject to stakeholder agreement.

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The Skills Challenge
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Skills Defining the need!
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Strategic Skills solutions

• Nuclear Institute and possible National Nuclear
  Laboratory
• National Graduate Scheme
• National Nuclear Skills Academy

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Nuclear Institute

• Joint initiative with University of Manchester
• Undertake world class nuclear-related research,
  research training and post-graduate education
• New academic posts in Decommissioning Engineering
  and Radiation Sciences

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The Skills Pyramid
National Nuclear Laboratory?
Nuclear Institute (University of Manchester)
PhD Masters
Chair in Epidemiology (UCLAN)
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National Graduate Scheme
BNG
AMEC/NNC
UKAEA
BE
Nexia
National Graduate Scheme
RWE
BAE Systems
EA
AWE
NII
NDA
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The Skills Pyramid
National Nuclear Laboratory?
National Graduate Scheme University Partnerships
Nuclear Institute (University of Manchester)
PhD Masters
Chair in Epidemiology (UCLAN)
Degree
Bursaries
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National Nuclear Skills Academy

• Strong focus on national vocational application
  of skills.
• Develop standards, etc. particular to the
  industry.
• Work with Ministry of Defence/British
  Energy/others on plans for wider nuclear skills
  (new build, radiography).

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The Skills Pyramid
National Nuclear Laboratory?
National Graduate Scheme University Partnerships
Nuclear Institute (University of Manchester)
PhD Masters
Chair in Epidemiology (UCLAN)
Degree
Bursaries
Health Physics Skills
National Nuclear Skills Academy
Vocational Training
14-19 diploma Energy Foresight
Science, Engineering, Technology Maths in
Schools
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In Summary - our KEY Challenges

• Understanding the totality of the job to
  completion
• Restructuring and competing all our estate in
  next few years
• Creating a dynamic cleanup market at all levels
• Maintaining and growing skill base/capability
• Delivering safe, smarter clean-up
• Making money to offset reducing revenues
• Dealing with the post CoRWM world
• Delivering a National solution for Nuclear
  Materials
• Potential impact of New Nuclear Build
• Delivering stakeholder confidence

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Any Questions?
www.nda.gov.uk