Current Arrangements and Requirements for the Conditioning, Packaging and Storage of Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste:

Report of a Joint Study by the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee and the Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee (NuSAC)

This report sets out the findings of a joint RWMAC-NuSAC study. The aim of the study was to establish whether there are currently clear and sensible aims and objectives for the conditioning, packaging and storage of UK ILW and whether these are accepted by all key players, clearly set out and universally applied and, if this is not the case, to identify the problems likely to arise and suitable measures to address them. See also this News Release

CONTENTS

Foreword
Executive summary
1. Introduction
2. Form of the Study and Report
3. Intermediate Level Waste
4. Government Policy
5. The Roles of the Regulators
6. Nirex and the Letter of Comfort System
7. Progress with Conditioning, "Challenging" Wastes, and BNFL's "Interim Safe Storage" Strategy
8. Towards Passively Safe Storage
9. The LMA and the Management of ILW
10. Conclusions and Recommendations
11. References
Annex 1. Study terms of reference
Annex 2. Membership of the Joint ILW Management Study Working Group
Annex 3. List of organisations contacted and nature of response
Annex 4. Reported progress with problem areas identified in the 1998 NII/HSE review of ILW storage
Annex 5. Glossary

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