'A Good Decision Is Based On Information, Not On Numbers' - A Process For National Strategic Decision Making - 17203
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OSTI ID:22794593
- LLW Repository Ltd, Pelham House, Pelham Drive, Calderbridge, Cumbria, CA22 2TN (United Kingdom)
- Quintessa Ltd, Birchwwod Blvd, Warrington, WA3 7QZ (United Kingdom)
- White Ox Ltd, 113 York Road, Montpelier, Bristol, BS6 5QG (United Kingdom)
Waste management decision making is the process used by waste owners to determine and justify choices in across the lifecycle of a waste (from the manner of generation or retrieval to final disposition). In the UK, waste owners in the nuclear industry are obligated, by their environmental permits and authorisations, to demonstrate the application of robust and well-underpinned decision making processes for waste management. This is captured through the requirement for waste owners to demonstrate the identification and implementation of Best Available Technique (BAT). The National Waste Programme (NWP), led by LLW Repository Ltd, is a UK wide programme which leads the implementation of the UK National Strategy for the management of solid LLW from the nuclear industry [1] and which aims to deliver a self-sustaining culture for optimised management of Low Level Waste (LLW) in the UK. Recognising the requirement on waste owners, the NWP has - in conjunction with appointed contractors - led the development and publication of national strategic optioneering studies (so-called national strategic BAT studies) to support waste owners. Recognising the benefits that this approach to optioneering and strategic decision making could have for other waste producers, this paper provides an overview of the process used for the development of the suite of national strategic BAT assessments for the NWP. It details: the main phases of the process, the key features of each process phase, the benefits of the approach and key learning from its deployment in practice. Note: The legislative regime in England and Wales requires the identification and application of BAT. There is an equivalent regime in Scotland known as Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) and Best Practicable Means (BPM). The requirements are comparable across the two legislative regimes and, for the purposes of simplicity, the term BAT will be utilised in this paper. The approach and outcomes of the national strategic optioneering process described are applicable across the UK. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22794593
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--19-WM-17203
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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