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Committee on Radioactive Waste Management CoRWM Activities: Past Current and Future Professor Laurence Williams FREng CoRWM Chair www.gov.uk/government/organisations/committee-on-radioactive-waste-management NuLeaf 19 July 2017 Who Are We?
Professor Laurence Williams FREng
CoRWM Chair
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/committee-on-radioactive-waste-management
Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
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➢ the Government’s, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's (NDA's) and RWM’s proposals, plans and programmes to deliver geological disposal; and ➢ robust interim storage of the UK’s higher activity wastes.
waste management including the delivery of geological disposal
Site Licence Companies (Sellafield Ltd etc.) UK Government (BEIS Ministers) Scottish Government Welsh Government Northern Ireland
Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Licensees (EDF etc.) NuLeaf 19 July 2017
Laurence Williams (Chair), regulation, decommissioning safety and security Imperial College Gregg Butler nuclear industry expert. University of Manchester Paul Davis geological disposal, site characterisation, based in Colorado, US. Andy Hall nuclear safety regulation Campbell Gemmell Deputy Chair environmental regulation Glasgow University Melissa Denecke radiochemistry University of Manchester Stephen Newson mining engineer Julia West geologist, geological disposal and communication Simon Redfern geoscience and communication University of Cambridge Janet Wilson nuclear safety, licensing and decommissioning Joanne Hill radioactive waste technology Richard Shaw geoscience and geological disposal Andrew Walters environmental and planning law Stephen Tromans QC nuclear, environmental and planning law
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Develop three year rolling work programme January - March Chair meets with Ministers to agree Programme and Ministers sign it off end of March Members formulate evidence, observe by attending meetings with sponsors, NDA and others.
Members discuss findings and formulate response in plenary. every 1-2 months Members write up report which may include recommendations to Government June (following year) NuLeaf 19 July 2017
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1 Geological disposal as an end point for long-term management
2 Robust storage in interim period with provision against delay or failure in reaching an end point 3 To expand the R&D programme 4 Need for a staged process with flexibility in decision making and partnership with communities willing to participate in siting process (voluntarism)
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Expression of interest Decision to participate
Communities, NDA and Government participation
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participation
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Government.
and Allerdale Borough Council voted on whether to stay in the process.
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would be: ➢ “reviewing the site selection process in the light of the experience in Cumbria” and ➢ “The MRWS programme continues nationally, and the invitation remains open for communities to express an interest in the site selection process for a GDF.”
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White Paper on a revised siting process issued (summer)
consultation and provided advice directly to DECC on the content of the new process
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Working with Communities – the Government has set up a Working Group to address the following
Withdrawal
in the siting process
undertaken
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maps will not ‘rule out or ‘rule in’ rock volumes, but may identify strong prospects
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Task Description Subgroup Membership Time (days) 1 To scrutinise and provide advice to BEIS and RWM on activities related to working with communities and communications 1
Janet Wilson (Chair) Simon Redfern Julia West Joanne Hill Paul Davis Melissa Denecke
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To scrutinise and provide advice to BEIS and RWM on activities relating to the development of a GDF safety case and the role played by geology 2
Paul Davis (Chair) Richard Shaw, Simon Redfern, Andy Hall, Stephen Newson, Julia West
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Task Description Subgroup Membership Time (days) 4 & 5 To scrutinise and provide advice to BEIS and RWM on activities related to the planning and regulation of a GDF Scrutiny and provision of advice to BEIS and RWM on activities related to the IGD workstream on the licensing and regulation of a GDF. 3
Andy Hall (Chair)
Stephen Tromans QC,
Andrew Walters Julia West
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Task Description Subgroup Membership Time (days) 6 & 7 To scrutinise and provide advice to BEIS, other CoRWM Sponsors and RWM on RWM’s
development. To scrutinise and provide advice to BEIS, RWM and
RWM’s letter of Compliance Process 4
Stephen Newson (Chair) Stephen Tromans QC Campbell Gemmell Paul Davis Joanne Hill Andy Hall Richard Shaw
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Task Description Subgroup Membership Time (days) 8 To scrutinise and provide advice to the Scottish Government on the management of radioactive waste in Scotland 5
Campbell Gemmell (Chair) Andrew Walters Janet Wilson Stephen Newson
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Task Description Subgroup Membership Time (days) 9 To scrutinise and provide advice to the Welsh Government on the management of radioactive waste in Wales 6 Gregg Butler (Chair) Melissa Denecke Richard Shaw Joanne Hill 27
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Task Description Subgroup Membership Time (days) 10 To scrutinise and provide advice to BEIS, and NDA and the storage of radioactive waste, spent fuel and nuclear materials that may be destined for disposal in a GDF 7
Gregg Butler (Chair) Simon Redfern
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Task Description Subgroup Membership Time (days) 11 Review of the radioactive waste management implications of the UK withdrawal from the Euratom Treaty and provide advice to the UK Government, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive. 8
Laurence Williams (Chair) Campbell Gemmell Gregg Butler Janet Wilson Melissa Denecke Stephen Tromans QC Andrew Walters
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