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Sellafield Ltd has responsibility for managing the Sellafield nuclear licensed site on the West Cumbrian coast. The website link below gives a background to the Sellafield site, the setting, history, current understanding of the land quality, management approach and current programme of work.
Sellafield website link: http://www.sellafieldsites.com/land/
Papers for the NDA's National Stakeholder Group meeting on 21-22 May are now published at: http://www.nda.gov.uk/documents/
You can also find the same information by going to the stakeholders and community page of www.nda.gov.uk and scrolling down to the bottom of the page.
You will see that some of the papers have key questions at the end (e.g. Document reference NSG44 and others) which will form the focus of discussions at the meeting. Although not a formal consultation, comments are welcome from non-attendees on these questions, by 22 May.
Please click below to download the NDA convenor update newsletter from august 08:
Newletter download - 9 august 08 (pdf)
The SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network is a forum for developing and disseminating good practice guidance on the management of radioactively and chemically contaminated land on nuclear and defence sites in the UK.
CIRIA produces an e-newsletter three times a year to update all stakeholders on any developments with the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network. Individuals who are interested in the work of SAFEGROUNDS can sign up as a network member.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network please click here. Membership is free and as a member you will receive the SAFEGROUNDS newsletter and invitations to participate in future consultations.
The November 2007 consultation workshop provided stakeholders with the opportunity to contribute further towards the development of the following SAFEGROUNDS guidance documents:
Most stakeholder comments from this workshop have been taken on board and the above guidance documents have been revised accordingly, and are now out to consultation. The view the times and dates for each consultation documents are listed below:
Name of document |
Date consultation commenced |
Date consultation closes |
Second draft of LMGv2 Guidance for the management of contaminated land on nuclear and defence sites |
11 February 2008 |
21 March 2008 |
New Guide to Options Comparison |
14 February 2008 |
26 March 2008 |
New Citizens Guide |
26 February 2008 |
02 April 2008 |
Second Draft Guidance of Site Characterisation |
26 February 2008 |
02 April 2008 |
To view or provide a response to any of the above consultations, click here.
March 2008
In the last Newsletter we highlighted the new published guidance from the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network. To remind you of what they are and where to find them, they have been listed below for your convenience:-
Record keeping is one of the SAFEGROUNDS five key principles for the management of contaminated land on nuclear and defence sites. This guidance document has been produced to address the need for clarity on the drivers for land quality records management and to provide practical guidance on the land quality information that should be recorded, the form in which this information should be kept and how record keeping systems should be structured and maintained. Click here to download.
The SAFEGROUNDS regulatory framework paper reflects developments over the period from September 2005 to August 2007. The paper provides a factual summary of the key features of the UK regulatory framework for the management of contaminated land on nuclear-licensed sites and defence sites.
March 2008
To facilitate access to the information contained in the paper, a new regulatory framework area has been created on the SAFEGROUNDS website. Summary information is provided on:
The regulatory framework section of the website can be viewed here.
To view past SAFEGROUNDS news articles please click here.
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