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Waste Characterisation and Assurance Services

Presented By: Richard Hunter, Waste Characterisation Services Manager, LLW Repository Ltd

Topics for Today

• What is the Waste Characterisation Service ?• How will the Service work?• Forms for use in the Service.

What is the Waste Characterisation Service ?

LLWR - Waste Characterisation and Assurance Services

• Soft marketing exercise – summer 2010• Expression of Interest on European Journal – Oct 2010• Return of EOI – Nov 2010• Selection of candidates for Invitation to Tender – March 2011• ITT issued – April 2011• ITT Closes – June 2011• Scoring and selection of successful companies – July 2011• Award of framework – August 2011• Changes to Waste Services Contract – April 2012• Service offering available – Spring 2012

Main reasons for characterising waste:

Determination of the waste fingerprint.

Determination of the waste category.

Estimation of the waste volume.

Demonstration of the success of treatment.

LLWR - Waste Characterisation and Assurance Services

Service Provision:

Waste Characterisation

• Consultation• Sampling• Analysis• Interpretation• Routing• Measurement

Consultation

Consultation - provision of support in the development and preparation of sampling strategies and plans, provision of support in development of sampling technologies; support in provision of safety related paperwork etc.

Sampling

Provision of on-site sampling services, development, testing and deployment of sampling equipment in support of sampling plans.

For novel sampling techniques, this may include design, manufacture, testing, demonstration and training.

Analysis

Analysis - Identification of suitable analytical techniques and packages in order to support safety/inventory data collection; provision of analytical services

Interpretation

Data Interpretation - Provision of technical assessment of raw data and compilation of supporting documents for treatment and/or disposal of lower activity wastes

Analytical Interpretation

If the data does not fityour hypothesis, is yourhypothesis incorrect OR is your data flawed ?

Routing

Routing - Provision of advice on the potential packaging, transport, treatment and disposal options to manage particular waste volumes of lower activity wastes

Measurement

Measurement - Provision of on-site measurement and assay services for waste segregation or radioactivity declarations prior to treatment and/or disposal

LLWR - Waste Characterisation and Assurance Services

Why put the services as one offering?

Considerable overlap between service requirements in terms of technical knowledge, equipment requirements, resource requirements etc

Poacher or Gamekeeper ?

LLWR - Waste Characterisation and Assurance Services

Service Provision:

Assurance Services

• Verification Monitoring• Verification Sampling and Analysis• Equipment and Process Verification• Audit Support

Our traditional forms

Diagrammatic Representation of Service

Customer

LLWR

Service Provider

CAR

CAR CAM CRQ

CRQ

QUOTE

CRQ CAQ

CAQ

CAQ

CAQ

CAQ

Site S

tart Up M

eetingCAQ

CAQ

CAQ

WORK

CAQ

Complete

CCC

CCC Payment

Customer submits Workbook

LLWR Assesses CAR,Notes recorded on CAM

LLWR Completes

CAQ

CRQ

CAQ Submitted to Service Provider

Indicates if Quote to be produced

Prepares quotation

LLWR Assesses Quotations

LLWRPrepares

CAQ

LLWR Issues Quote to Customer

Preferred Bidder notified

Customer assess quotation Customer Accepts Bid

Service Provider

Reaffirms Quote

LLWR Initiates Work

Service Providernotifies work

complete

Customer completes CCC

CAR – Characterisation and Assurance Request FormCAM – Characterisation and Assurance Management TemplateCRQ – Characterisation Request for QuotationCAQ – Characterisation and Assurance QuotationCCC – Characterisation Completion Certificate

To be completed by Customers

To be completed by LLW Repository Ltd staff

Auto-fills from one Worksheet to the next

Calculates automatically

No input required

To be completed by Service Provider

CAR CCC

CAR CCC

Contains Comments

Data cell provided with comments to act as aide memoir during form completion

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Questions?