Between June 2022 and January 2024, Eden NE led a feasibility study considering Near-Surface Disposal (NSD) in Scotland. Scottish Higher Activity Waste (HAW) Policy is that HAW should be managed in near-surface facilities, which could include NSD facilities. We were supported by our subcontractors WSP, Hydrock Ltd, Gardiner and Theobald and Cyclife...
Our client, Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) have a responsibility to ensure the waste hierarchy (see illustration below) can be implemented by waste owners and have an influence on setting prices for many of the available waste management routes. Eden NE partnered with NSG Environmental to deliver a project to NWS, which has helped to shape Nuclear De...
Eden NE has been commissioned by EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Limited (EDF) to undertake marine dispersion modelling for several Advanced Gas-cooled nuclear Reactor (AGR) sites. This modelling considers how aqueous radioactive effluent could be discharged during decommissioning. It compares a range of alternative discharge arrangements and scenari...
Eden NE has provided support to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through provision of an invited expert for an IAEA Cooperation Project with Fukushima Prefecture. Following the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the IAEA and the Fukushima Prefecture agreed to cooperate on radiation monitoring and remediation. Th...
Eden NE were recently awarded the contract to update the Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) of the NDA Strategy to align with the latest Strategy, which completed its third five-year review and was published during March 2021. The IIA comprises the combined assessment results of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Health Impact Assessment (...
Preparation of Article 37 for Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store-Direct Import Facility (BEPPS-DIF) at Sellafield. BEPPS/DIF is located at the Sellafield site in Cumbria and will receive and store ILW from Legacy Ponds and Silos (LP&S) and associated plants. Eden NE, under sub-contract to Golder Associates Ltd, was commissioned to prepare a ...
Eden NE has supported Augean PLC in the development of the East Northants Resource Management Facility (ENRMF) since 2012. Initially providing input to the planning hearing and then producing an Environmental Safety Case (ESC) to support revision of a Permit for the receipt and disposal of low level radioactive waste disposal at the site. An E...
Eden NE has led significant BAT/assessment/optimisation projects for Magnox Ltd, including the following. BAT Assessment of the Winfrith Sea Discharge Pipeline. Magnox Ltd are responsible for decommissioning the Winfrith nuclear site in Dorset. The decommissioning work involves determining optimised end states for site facilities. One of these faci...
Support to Sellafield Environmental Services Framework. Eden NE has led or contributed to a significant number of projects let under the Sellafield Ltd environmental services framework. These have included: provision of Environmental Cases; optimisation assessments; technology reviews; provision of environmental support to decommissioning projects;...
The disposal of radioactive waste at or from the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) is regulated by the Environment Agency. The LLWR currently holds a Permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations, allowing it to dispose of and transfer radioactive wastes. Eden NE has assisted the Low Level Waste Repository Ltd to prepare documents in suppor...
Eden NE produced a version 2 of the Waste Metrics Dashboard, including an accompanying Guidance Document and a Formula Booklet, for the National Waste Programme Office (NWPO). The Waste Metrics Dashboard is a tool to report progress made by the UK radioactive waste industry in terms of the volume of radioactive waste managed via disposal and d...
Operational Support. Eden NE has provided support to the Cyclife with various waste management tasks. Embedded within the Cyclife Team, we regularly provide operational assistance in the assessment of waste requiring consignment via the LLWR Waste Management Services Framework. This work includes the technical review of waste documentation includin...