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40th Annual Decommissioning & Radioactive Waste Management Summer School 2025
1 - 5 September 2025
Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge
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09:00 - 09:10
Opening & Summary from Day 3
09:15 - 10:00
The UK Decommissioning Landscape - A Strategic Overview
  • Nuclear fuel cycle
  • Current UK inventory of civil nuclear waste
  • Current government policy
  • What is a Geological Disposal Facility
  • Challenges around developing a GDF
    • Consenting
    • Construction
    • Long term Safety & Security
  • Andy Bevington - Programme Director – Geological Disposal Facility, Nuclear Waste Services
10:05 - 11:05
Workshop: Remediation of Radioactive Land
  • Lorimer Fellingham - Principal of Waste Management Group, Nuvia Limited
11:05 - 11:35
Tea & Networking Break
11:35 - 12:35
Workshop: Decommissioning of a small facility
  • Lorimer Fellingham - Principal of Waste Management Group, Nuvia Limited
12:40 - 12:55
Presentation - Waste Characterisation
  • Richard Hunter - Intelligent Customer/Intelligent Client (Waste Characterisation), Nuclear Waste Services
12:55 - 13:55
Lunch & Networking
13:55 - 14:55
Workshop: Waste Characterisation
  • Richard Hunter - Intelligent Customer/Intelligent Client (Waste Characterisation), Nuclear Waste Services
15:00 - 15:45
End State: Requirements & Guidance on Releasing Nuclear Sites from Radioactive Substances Regulation
  • Final stages of decommissioning nuclear sites, including wastes generated and future site use
  • Strategies for managing final decommissioning wastes, including baseline and novel approaches
  • Release of sites from radioactive substances regulation, including key principles and documentation
  • Case studies: First-of-a-kind applications for on-site disposal in the UK
  • Jo Farrow - Senior Consultant, Galson Sciences Ltd (GSL)
15:50 - 16:35
Decontamination Processes and Dismantling Techniques for Decommissioning
  • Decontamination processes: removing radioactive contamination.
  • Overview of decontamination objectives, methods, and process selection criteria
  • Dismantling techniques: the safe dismantling of structures and components.
  • Key dismantling methods: thermal, mechanical, and remote/robotic applications
  • Przemyslaw Imielski - Decommissioning and Storage Department / Decommissioning and Waste Management Division, Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) GmbH
16:35 - 16:55
Q&A Session and Closing remarks
  • Derek Taylor - Professor in Geo-Energy, University of Nottingham
16:55 - 17:25
Tea & Networking
19:00 - 21:00
Gala Dinner & Distribution of Certificates
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