Nigel Evans, Wood plc. The Challenges of Sludges in the Nuclear Industry
The Challenges of Sludges in the Nuclear Industry Sponsored by Nuclear Engineering International
delivered by
Nigel Evans
Head of Profession – Chemistry and Materials
Wood plc
Overview
How do these sludges arise?
Deliberately produced eg settled flocs from processing Corrosion product as a consequence of being stored underwater
What is peculiar about them?
Very wide range of properties, often in one location, hard to access, hard to retrieve.
Who are the stakeholders?
Waste producers, waste process team, waste management, ONR, EA, NDA, RWM Ltd, LLWR
The proposed lifecycle for nuclear sludges from cradle to grave
Sample, characterise, trials, retrieve, process, store and dispose.
With comments on the interdependencies between stages, the long timescales, the regulatory stages and the potential pitfalls.
Brexit
Leaving Euratom and the Safeguards regime. Safeguards is the audit and inventory process that ensures that civil nuclear material and military stocks are separate and accounted for.
Which Job Functions will find this webinar useful ?
Project Management, Waste Management, Business Development, Health & Safety, Engineering, Environment, Quality, Supply Chain
Sector Relevance
Decommissioning, Nuclear, Offshore, Waste, Process, Demolition
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