Programme of Events
DAY 1 – September 29 2010
09:00-10:00 Registration and Exhibition Viewing
10:00-10:05 Opening Remarks
Claire Gallery-Strong, LLWR
10:05-10:30 Keynote Address
Dick Raaz, LLWR
Track 1: Waste Management Hierarchy
1.1 10:30-10:50
Goodbye SoLA, Hello Radionuclide-Specific Exclusion Criteria
Pete Burgess, Nuvia
1.2 10:50-11:10
Application of the Waste Management Hierarchy by Inutec when processing and disposing of customer waste
David Lee, Inutec
1.3 11:10-11:30
Studsvik Metal Recycling Facility – One Year On
Joe Robinson, Studsvik UK
1.4 11:30-11:50
Q&A with Track 1 Panel
11:50-13:00
Lunch & Exhibition Viewing
Track 2: Topical Changes in VLLW and LLW Regulation
2.1 13:00-13:20
To exempt or not to exempt, that is the question.
Rob Storrie, GE
2.2 13:20-13:40
Environmental Permitting Regulations and the Disposal of LLW
David Bennett, Environment Agency
2.3 13:40-14:00
Regulation of Waste – the SEPA perspective
Jim Cochrane, SEPA
2.4 14:00-14:20
The EU perspective, present and future, and impact on management of
Low Level Waste Exempt matter Augustine Janssens, European Commission
2.5 14:20-14:40
Q&A with Track 2 Panel
14:40-15:10
Refreshments & Exhibition Viewing
Track 3: Current Low Level Waste Management
3.1 15:10-15:30
Nuclear Waste National Strategy
Mike Calloway, NDA
3.2 15:30-15:50
Dounreay’s new Low Level Waste facility – past, present and future
Michael Tait, DRSL
3.3 15:50-16:10
Delivery of new services for UK Low Level waste producers
Martin Walkinshaw, LLWR
3.4 16:10-16:30
LLW - A Transport Perspective
George Sallit, Department for Transport
3.5 16:30-16:50
Q&A with Track 3 Panel
Conference Dinner
The centre for life
Newcastle upon Tyne
19:00 - Pre Dinner Drinks
20:00 - Dinner
After dinner speaker tbc.
DAY 2 – September 30 2010
08:30-9:30 Registration and Exhibition Viewing
Track 4: Current Challenges to LLW Management
4.1 09:30-09:50
Experience and lessons learnt developing a HV-VLLW disposal route to the Lillyhall landfill site
Adam Meehan, Energy Solutions
4.2 09:50-10:10
Orphan Waste Management and alternatives to LLWR
Helen Cassidy, Sellafield Ltd.
4.3 10:10-10:30
LLW - Local Authority Perspectives
Fred Barker, Nuleaf
4.4 10:30-11:00
Q&A with Track 6 Panel
11:00-11:30
Refreshments & Exhibition Viewing
Track 5: Future Challenges to LLW Management
5.1 11:30-11:50
RECALL-ing the past, informing LLW decisions today
Grace McGlynn, IDM
5.2 11:50-12:10
Proportionate Regulation of Low Level Radioactive Waste Now and In the Future
Frans Boyden, HSE
5.3 12:10-12:40
Q&A with Track 5 Panel
12:40-13:50
Lunch and Exhibition Viewing
Track 6: International Perspectives on LLW Management
6.1 13:50-14:10
Challenges in demonstrating long-term safety of LLW disposal in Belgium
Janez Perko, SCKBEN
6.2 14:10-14:30
Norwegian regulation of NORM and LLW
Mette Nilson, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
6.3 14:30-14:50
The Role of Optimisation in Developing an Environmental Safety Case for the Low Level Waste Repository
Andy Baker, LLWR
6.4 14:50-15:30
Q&A with Track 6 Panel
NB - The organisers reserve the right to change the programme at short notice
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