waste characterisation and assurance services presented by: richard hunter, waste characterisation...
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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
Questions?