1958 2006

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• 1958 2006 beyond
• Established to deliver Research
• Skills and Professional Training for the Nuclear
  and Environmental Sectors
• Dr. George M Reeves Director, DERC, NHC-UHI

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DECOMMISSIONING ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
CENTRENorth Highland College.

• The DERC Mission Statement objectives are-
• To assist with the UHI Millennium Institute case
  for full University status by 2006/7.
• To develop innovative, world-class research
  programmes in science, technology and engineering
  in the fields of nuclear decommissioning and
  environmental remediation (for both nuclear and
  for other industries) to the benefit of UK
  commerce and environments.
• DERC will work with leaders in the sector, to
  establish innovative design solutions appropriate
  to these new challenges for nuclear and
  industrial site decommissioning. Contributing to
  the international need for safe, environmentally
  acceptable end-points for nuclear and other
  industries sites, will enhance DERCs
  international reputation.
• To develop CPD courses for UKAEA, their
  contractors, consultants and other industry
  staff, fit for the purpose of site
  decommissioning and remediation.
• To supervise and direct postgraduate training and
  research in the areas of nuclear decommissioning,
  environmental assessment, and post-closure safety
  case development for the benefit of both the
  Scottish and the wider environment.

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Cutting the Peatsat DERC, Janetstown- 8th June
2004
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Key Issues - A

• Unique Location Reputation of, and proximity
  to, Dounreay NRE
• Nuclear Engineering expertise track record in
  Decommissioning,
• Site Remediation
• Waste Management
• 3. Industry and Academic Links- Nuclear
  offshore industry.
• 4. Market need for- Training, Qualifications,
  CPD Research in -
• Nuclear Site operations, facilities,
  materials handling and
• radioactive and contaminated waste processing,
  transport and disposal.
• 5. Market scope In excess of 60 billion for
  the UK alone and 600 billion internationally.

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Key Issues -B

• Target areas- - Local (UKAEA
  contractors/subcontractors) for -
• Site Safety Health Physics Materials
  Handling and Packaging
• Environmental Science Nuclear Engineering.
• - National (Scottish UK-wide) Training
  Facilities and provision of CPD courses.
• - International Courses, Collaboration
  Support Team provision
• (also Univ. of Grenoble/COGEMA Madrid
  Univ./ENRESA Westlakes/BNFL)
• Courses/Training provision at NHI, UHI and
  associated institutes and facilities
• - towards University of the Highlands and
  Islands status. Plus Distance Learning
  Initiatives
• Provision, Support Services, facilities and
  personnel to NDA.
• Centre of Excellence in training research in
  Nuclear Site and Materials Decommissioning,
  radioactive materials handling, transport and
  Disposal.

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DERC/t3UK Location
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Targets
Target areas- 1. Provision of CPD
courses- A. Applications of Safegrounds
principles and practice to contaminated land
remediation. (November 2004- 20students) B. The
Design of Safety Critical Systems in Nuclear Site
Decommissioning- Safety Case Development in
Site Remediation.(March 2005- 15students) C
Proposed Suite of Short-Courses for
local/national participants (See separate
sheet) 2. Provision of Nuclear
Decommissioning Induction Course Site Safety
Health Physics Materials Handling and Packaging
Environmental Science Nuclear
Engineering. 3.MSc Courses
Collaboration with Project Dalton (Development
of 4 MSc modules from NHC)
Development of European MSc in Nuclear
Decommissioning with CEA/Univ.Grenoble. 4.
Distance Learning Development- for Nuclear Site
Decommissioning- Courses/Training
provision at NHI, UHI and associated institutes
and facilities Distance Learning
Initiatives 5. Provision of Consultancy
Services, facilities and personnel to UKAEA
Consultants Contractors. 6. Postgraduate
Research Programme at DERC 10 studentships by
October 2004.
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An Advanced Training Centre

• A Partnership between HIE, UHI, NHC and Industry
  in close proximity to
• A new Test Trials Facility
• Business Technical Park
• Centre of Excellence
• With an Advisory Council of Senior Industry and
  support/guidance from DTI and NII.

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• NHC-DERC TTTF- Trials Facilities
• To Develop Techniques
• Test effectiveness of techniques in non-hostile
  environment
• Satisfy regulators
• Establish operational conditions/operator
  training
• Advanced undergraduate/postgraduate training and
  research

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Visitors to WVN Test Facility- July 2004
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• Industry Identified Requirements
• Decontamination technologies chemical,electrical,
  mechanical, ultrasonic
• Dismantling technologies disassembly, cutting,
  demolition techniques.
• Waste volume minimisations
• Non-metallic material recycling
• Control and measurement techniques
• Remote operation
• Practical Research and Development Opportunities

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Business Launch- 10 August 2006
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• MAIN ACTIVITIES-
• Continuing Professional Development- CPD
• Consultancy and Contract Research
• Postgraduate Taught Research Degrees
• Foster innovation and commercialisation

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Royal Opening- 10 October 2006
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• Supervisor TrainingA new Professional Modern
  Apprenticeship (PMA)
• HNC Decommissioning
• Nuclear Radiation Science, Power Reactors,
  Criticality, Contamination Hazards, Monitoring
  Control etc
• Long-term Management Disposal of Radioactive
  Waste, Storage, Transport Disposal of
  Radioactive Material
• Engineering Skills for Nuclear Decommissioning,
  etc
• C G Radiation Safety Practice Stage II online
  June 2005

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Courses in Nuclear Decommissioning for CEng
Accreditation Training

• Investigation Characterisation of Radioactively
  Contaminated Ground 4 days
• Risk Assessment and Safety Case Development for
  Environmental Remediation
• Projects 2 days
• Uses of BPEO and PCSC Concepts for
  Environmentally Sensitive Projects 2 days
• An Introduction to Health Physics and Radiation
  Safety 2 days
• Public and Political Aspects of Radioactive Waste
  Management and Nuclear Decommissioning 3 days
• Decommissioning Technology Groundwater
  Contamination
• Investigation, Assessment Remediation 3
  days
• Physical, Chemical, Biological Radiation
  Hazards in Nuclear Site
  3 days
• Project Management for Nuclear Decommissioning
  including Project Planning,
• Costing and Project Programming 4 days
• An Introduction to Decommissioning of major items
  of Nuclear Plant 2 days
• The use of Robotics Technology in Nuclear
  Decommissioning 2 days
• UKAEA Induction Course on Nuclear
  Decommissioning 2 days

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Nuclear Technology Education ConsortiumEPSRC
proposal, MSc Nuclear Science Technology

• CORE
• Reactor Physics, Criticality Design
• Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• Radiological Protection
• Decommissioning/Waste/Environmental Management
• ELECTIVES
• Chemical Engineering
• Criticality
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Immobilisation Encapsulation of Nuclear Wastes
• Particle Colloid Engineering in the Nuclear
  Industry
• Policy, Regulation Licensing
• Public Political Aspects of Nuclear
  Decommissioning - DERC
• Geotechnical Aspects of Radioactive Waste
  Disposal - DERC
• Reactor Materials Lifetime Behaviour
• Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
• Risk and Safety Analysis - DERC
• Project Management for Nuclear Decommissioning -
  DERC

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UHI- N41 Nuclear Decommissioning-
Engineering and Environmental Aspects.

• Topics
• Safety
• Site Safety Health Physics Materials Handling
  Packaging Control and measurement techniques
• Engineering Skills for Nuclear Decommissioning,
• Decommissioning of Major Structures
• Decontamination technologies chemical,electrical,
  mechanical, ultrasonic
• Dismantling technologies disassembly, cutting,
  demolition techniques.
• Remote operations
• Environmental Engineering aspects of
  decommissioning.
• Long-term Management Disposal of Radioactive
  Waste, Storage, Transport Disposal of
  Radioactive Materials Waste volume minimisation
• Non-metallic material recycling.
• Consignment and re-use.

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UHI- N51 Nuclear Decommissioning- Radioactive
Waste processing, Containment, Storage and
Disposal.

• Topics
• Waste types, waste arisings and waste streams
• Civil and military wastes small user wastes and
  other industries.
• Radioactive Waste Processing
• Waste conditioning, stabilisation, encapsulation,
  waste minimisation,
• waste packaging, cementation, vitrification.
• Waste shipping and containment.
• Transport, containment, isolation and storage.
• Assaying and Monitoring. Substitution.
• Radioactive Waste Disposal.
• Geosphere, Biosphere and human effects.
• Alternative strategies Deep geological disposal.
• Underground Research laboratories trials and
  testing.
• Repository design, site selection, construction,
  operation,

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PhD TOPICS- 2004-2007 Decommissioning
Handling, Treatment and Process aspects of
UKAEA DNE Site Remediation. ? Reaction of
Alkali Metals and Residues with Cement Grout.
? Radiolysis of Oils. ? Containment of Gaseous
Radionuclides. ? Cement Powder Quality. ?
Treatment Processes for Difficult Wastes Waste
Management. Environmental and Site-related
remediation of Nuclear and Industrial
locations. ? Choices for Disposal of
Contaminated Land. ? Very Low Level Waste
Disposal Options. ? Groundwater Contamination
Treatment Options. ? Definition of
Environmental Clean-up States. The Geosphere and
Ground Engineering and Site Remediation. Environ
mental, Geotechnical, and Hydrogeological aspects
of Radioactively Contaminated Land ? In-situ
stabilisation, containment and remediation of
radioactive contamination in the shallow
geosphere. ? Phytoremediation and
Biogeochemical attenuation of radionuclides in
the geosphere. ? A natural analog approach to
the BPEO and PCSC for radioactive wastes at
Dounreay, Caithness. ? Geo- and Bio-remediation
of radioactively contaminated ground. ? Coastal
Engineering and Processes on the Dounreay
foreshore. ? Surface, Down-hole and Cross-hole
Characterisation of radioactively contaminated
land. ? An holistic assessment of contaminated
ground inventories at nuclear decommissioning
sites ? Site strata specific transport
attenuation the movement of radionuclides in
shallow geosphere.
v Phd student in post ? To be
assigned Research Studentships 383
applications
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European Masters ProgramUHI Millennium
Institute, Universities of Grenoble, Pavia
Lithuania, UKAEA, CEA (INSDN), CIEMAT

• Nuclear Engineering Systems
• Management of the Decommissioning Process
• Safety and Environmental Issues- Reporting
  Evaluating
• Public and Political Aspects of Nuclear
  Decommissioning
• Decommissioning Technology 1
• Decommissioning Technology 2
• Decommissioning Technology 3
• Human Factors Operational Safety
• Health Physics, Monitoring and Dosimetry
• Design of Safety Critical Systems
• MSc Project

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Professional Engineer
Professional Engineer
EU MASTERS DECOMMISSIONING, WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIATION ENGINEERING
NTEC MSc Nuclear Decommissioning
EU MASTERS DECOMMISSIONING, WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIATION ENGINEERING
EU MASTERS RADIATION PROTECTION
Batchelor of Engineering in Mechanical
Engineering with Nuclear Decommissioning Studies
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
with Nuclear Decommissioning Studies
BSc Mechanical Engineering
BSc Electrical Electronic Engineering
Radiation Safety Supervisor RSPII
HND Mechanical Engineering
PDA Decommissioning (Engineering or Construction)
HND Decommissioning Operations
PDA Decommissioning Management
HND Electrical Engineering
HND Electronic Engineering
Bridging Maths RSP 1
HNC Electrical Engineering
HNC Electronic Engineering
HNC Mechanical Engineering
HNC Engineering
HNC Construction
HNC Nuclear Decommissioning
HNC Management/Business
Adv Cert Engineering Practice
NC Processing Radiation Safety Practice
NC Electronics
NC Engineering
NC Engineering Practice
NC Construction
Decomm Process Ops
Engineering Operative
Engineering Operative
14 16 years Skills for Work VRQs
SQA EMTA Modules
Radiation Safety Operative RSPI
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• DECOMMISSIONING ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
  CENTRE
• A truly unique range of engineering opportunities
  at the cutting edge of nuclear decommissioning
  in a unique setting!
• Facilities Available
• Lecture room for 45 students
• Meeting Room for 150 people
• Facilities for 20 full time PhD students
• Chemistry and Instrument lab space for
  research.
• Test Rig facilities
• VC Suite
• Staff Workroom for 3 professional staff and 2
  assistants

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NUclear- UNclear!.....or.....Waste Not- Want
Not? (Energy- too cheap to meter!
Harold Wilson,1964)