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The aims of this event were to review applications of stakeholder consultation for a variety of situations relating to the planning, construction and operation of the built environment.
The event included two keynotes from speakers drawing from experience in the nuclear, defence and civil engineering sectors.
A number of case studies were also presented as follows:
High Speed Two: engine for growth, Clinton Leeks, HS2 Ltd |
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Community consultation on Medmerry coastal realignment scheme, Jonathan Hunter, Environment Agency |
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The Glencorse Water project, Kenny Naylor, Scottish Water and John Marshall, Black & Veatch Ltd |
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Stakeholder conserns - an international perspective, Peter Booth, Hylton Environmental |
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Stakeholder consultation: what, why, why, and what goes wrong? Rhuari Bennett, 3kq |
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Berkeley boilers removal and treatment project, Simon Bedford, Magnox Ltd |
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Deciding in public: public and stakeholder engagement on the submarine dismantling project (SDP), Simon Tinling, MoD |
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The main focus of the event was on radiological monitoring and the case studies also included non-rad monitoring and an example from the petro-chemical sector.
Sean Amos, AWE |
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Hugh Richards, Magnox |
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Helen McKenzie, Seallafield and Tom Weeks, Informed Solutions |
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John Shevelan, Low Level Waste Repository |
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Sam Wood, SKM Enviros and Kayleigh Smith, Waterra-In-Situ |
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John Blackmore, RSRL |
Remove operated vehicles (ROVs) and other robotic devices are increasingly being used in situations where access is restricted, operations are time consuming for human operators, or the environment is dangerous. This event will consider the types of applications and environments encountered in nuclear and defence decommissioning and the needs and constraints for remotely controlled vehicles and robotic devices. The event will illustrate the application of ROVs etc to a range of situations including taking measurements and samples, handling and other processing applications. This will include underwater, wall-climbing and flying devices. It is hoped that a presentation illustrating the longer-term development of autonomous intelligent systems will be supplied.
While the event will focus on the nuclear sector, many of the technologies may be appropriate for application in restricted or hazardous environments associated with construction and asset management.
Steve Goodwin, Land & Marine |
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Jeffrey Kuo, National Nuclear Laboratory |
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Robert Suttling, Quinetiq |
Clean-up and delicensing is more advanced at Harwell than any other NDA site with parts of the site being delicensed from 1992. The process enabled the licensee to develop its technical approach, give its teams experience, and develop its record keeping and other supporting systems. It allowed it to demonstrate to the NDA and the community that it could delicense land, and gave confidence that the desired end-state could be delivered to schedule.
This event provided a review of the experience at Harwell and considered how the lessons learned could be applied to the wider delicensing and end-state challenges faced across the remaining NDA estate and on defence sites.
Paul Atyeo, RSRL |
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Angela Bartlett, RSRL |
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Susan Holroyd, RSRL |
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| Nina Barnes, ONR |
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Anna Clark, NDA |
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Sean Amos, AWE |
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Doug Graham, formerly Douneray |
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David Collier, White Ox |
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James Penfold, Quintessa |
Case study: the Harwell site is the subject of a SAFEGROUNDS+ case study. Please click here for more information
This event illustrated several applications of novel technologies to the characterisation and treatment of solid and liquid wastes on nuclear and defence sites. It included examples where innovations have been adapted from outside the UK and review new applications arising from current research.
Peter Orr, Environment Agency |
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Darrell Morris, NDA |
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Mike Nicholls, PACTEC EPS Ltd and Paul Atyeo, RSRL |
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Philippa Towler and Helen Beddow, Research Sites Restoration Ltd |
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Andre Wakker, NRG |
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David Wickenden, Magnox and Mike Lodge, Arvia Technology Ltd |
Industries that can draw on expertise and experience from across different countries and continents have the potential to benefit significantly from innovation, knowledge transfer and technology transfer.
The changes in the nuclear decomissioning sectors over the past 10 years have introduced such possibilities, and many have been successfully exploited.
Technololgies, processes and new perspectives have been introduced over the years. Some relatively easily with others following some adaptation to reflect UK regulations, conditions and culture. Many are replicable.
The first part of the event highlighted several examples where this has been achieved. Speakers discussed the process or technology concerned identifying how these have saved time or money, improved safety, or otherwise introduced innovation that has led to improvements in performance, as well as the learning gained from introducing it to the UK.
The second part of the event identified other potential applications in use outside the UK that would also offered potential.
Peter Booth, WSP |
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David Rossiter, LLWR |
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Stephanie Bloomer, Amec |
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Jamie Townes, World Nuclear Association |
Aim of meeting: To provide an overview of the challenges and solutions to managing crushed concrete aggregate arising from decommissioning in the nuclear and defence sectors.
Approach: The meeting is being arranged to address a range of specific questions relating to the use of recycled aggregates. The speakers will be asked to consider and address the questions in the context of their presentation.
Follow-up: The meeting will conclude with a session on how nuclear and defence sites might move forward to increase reuse and recycling of concrete and how the CIRIA Nuclear Network could help.
A playlist of videos from the Safespur events is available at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/CIRIANews/videos?view=1
Overview and forecasts |
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David Rossiter, LLWR |
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Examples of current practices in the nuclear and defence sectors |
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David Adamson, Sellafield |
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Ellanor Joyce, Magnox |
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John Bloodworth, KDC |
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What is being achieved in other sectors? |
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John Barritt, WRAP Please click here for further information on WRAP Tools |
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Donna James, Highways Agency |
Coming soon |
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Emma Adam, NISP |
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Regulatory perspective |
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Paul Robinson, Environment Agency |
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Public attitudes to off-site use |
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Patrick Higgins, Enviros |
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This meeting was chaired by Peter Booth, who is Senior Technical Director at WSP Environment & Energy. It was in two parts. In the morning there were four presentations from key players in establishing and implementing the revised regime for exempting radioactive materials and wastes from regulation (click title to view presentations):
In the afternoon there was a discussion of potential SAFESPUR events for 2012.
This meeting was chaired by Peter Booth, Senior Technical Director at WSP Environment & Energy. It included five presentations on different subjects:
Peter explained in his introduction that CIRIA would welcome feedback on
whether any of the
subjects should be explored in more detail in future workshops. There were
Q&A opportunities after each presentation. In the afternoon there was
a tour of the AMEC Analytical Services laboratory complex.
SD:SPUR co-hosted this event in May 2011, which focused on the disposal or reuse options for low level radioactive waste. The issue of low level radioactive waste is a core concern in the decommissioning process and one that SLCs are finding innnovative approaches to.
SAFESPUR hosted an event focused on decommissioning priorities and challenges. Several key organisations were incorporated to give an overview of the situation and lay out specific issues they have encountered in delivering their decomissioning agenda. The day was an excellent networking opportunity and included presentations from inside and outside the NDA estate.
SAFESPUR ran an extremely interesting event entitled Land quality: Demonstration projects and delicensing on the 14 of October 2010. The event was held at the eOffice venue in Birmingham and was well attended by those involved in the nuclear and land remediation industries. For a report summarising the day please click here.
We were given several informative presentations (click title to view the presentations):
This one day conference took place at the Radisson in Manchester, on 25 May 2010 and was well attended by members of the nuclear industry, regulatory bodies and academia. The event focussed on sustainable waste and material management in nuclear decommissioning. It showcased current site practices that delegates were able to learn from and focused on case studies on characterisation, risks, technologies, planning for the waste hierarchy as well as highlighting obstacles, uncertainties and possible solutions in the field.
There were several very informative presentations, available for download on the SD:SPUR website by clicking here or the following links:
This one day event provided delegates with the opportunity to learn, discuss and share experiences from previous projects to tackle the complex decommissioning projects of the future. The day presented decommissioning techniques and technologies, technical problems and solutions and most importantly the opportunity for delegates to share good practice from their past experiences. There was also a dedicated exhibition area with ample networking opportunities.
Presentations and flyer download:
This workshop focused on the ReCLAIM tool which is an electronic spreadsheet developed by NNL that can undertake simple generic and site-specific assessments of radioactively contaminated land. For more information please click here: www.nnl.co.uk/reclaim/.
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