Collaborative working is driving progress in hazard and risk reduction delivery at Sellafield - 16387
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OSTI ID:22838201
- Office for Nuclear Regulation (United Kingdom)
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (United Kingdom)
- Sellafield Limited (United Kingdom)
A new way of working has been adopted at the Sellafield site in the United Kingdom which is delivering benefits in terms of accelerating hazard and risk reduction safely and securely at the site. This new way of working involves a collaborative approach on crucial aspects of the plan of work for Sellafield between: - Sellafield Ltd (the site's management and operations contractor), - The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (the site's owner and Sellafield Ltd's customer), - The Office for Nuclear Regulation (the UK's nuclear safety and security regulator), - The Environment Agency (England's environmental regulator), - The UK Government's Department of Energy and Climate Change, - The UK Government's Shareholder Executive, part of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The new way of working is founded upon fully aligning the individual strategies of each of these six organisations towards the common goal of accelerated risk and hazard reduction and then ensuring good communications so these strategies remain fully aligned. To this end a number of issues were identified by the six organisations which were considered to be slowing the progress of the risk and hazard reduction work, from which a set of 'strategic themes' was developed to facilitate different ways of thinking and so solve these issues. The strategic themes are: - Looking for blockers and how they can be removed, - Avoiding overly complex solutions by utilising the concept of fit for purpose, - The effective use of resources, - Prioritisation arrangements, - Incentivisation, - The appetite for risk, - Avoiding distractions and diversions, - Effective use of communications so that the more effective and efficient ways of working, and the improvements that are generated, are promulgated throughout Sellafield Ltd. These strategic themes have been applied with great effect in a number of areas delivering risk reduction benefits. For example: - The removal of ageing fuel from Sellafield's oldest pond, the Pile Fuel Storage Pond; a significant milestone in the site's hazard and risk reduction agenda. - Implementing an alternative ILW approach. - Managing stocks of Highly Active Liquor (HAL). - 'Re-purposing' existing Waste Management Facilities. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22838201
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--19-WM-16387
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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