Phil Reeve Decommissioning Head of Strategy and Technical Sellafield Ltd – Key to Britain’s Energy Future 9 April 2014

Phil Reeve

Decommissioning Head of Strategy and Technical

Sellafield Ltd – Key to Britain’s Energy Future

9 April 2014

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Sellafield Ltd strategy – Mission and Vision

Mission: to deliver safe, secure site stewardship whilst delivering value for money and urgency in the reduction of risks and high hazards posed by Sellafield’s historic facilities and wastes.

Vision: through the safe and expert delivery of our mission, we will be recognised as an efficient, honest and hardworking organisation that will play a significant role in Britain’s energy future.

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Sellafield Ltd strategic objectives

Sellafield Ltd strategy - underpinned

Sellafield Ltd strategy – potential new missions

•Support additional Nuclear Decommissioning Authority missions e.g. Plutonium

recycling/management•Lead the UK capability in decommissioning and waste e.g. capitalise on Sellafield Ltd knowledge and technology•Create a long term structure for growth e.g.

develop strategic partners in different industries

Rev CRev B

Rev A

Strategic ContextUK Policies & Regulations

Sellafield Strategy

Decommissioning Strategy

Decommissioning Integrated Strategic Plan

Decommissioning Arrangements

“How do I Build and Maintain a SiteDecommissioning Plan”

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Strategy Development

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Business Cases

Programme Business Cases




Decommissioning LTPSubmission

DecomDivision

POCO

Retrievals Calder Hall

Sellafield decommissioning strategy

Decommissioning integrated strategic plan – context and rationale

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Sellafield Strategy



Context & Rationale

APPROVED 26/02/2014



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Business Cases

PFSP Programme Business Case

FGMSP Programme Business Case

MSSS Programme Business Case

PFCS Programme Business Case

SR&DP Programme Business Case

Decom Portfolio Overview Paper

REV 1

Strategy “Configuration Control” via the following: Logic Aligned Master Programme Waste Routing Diagrams Decision Calendars Integrated Risks Milestones

Decommissioning LTP Submission

PFSP

FGMSP

MSSS

PFCS

SR&DP

PA02

PA09

PA14

PA17

Visual representation of approach to prioritising work

PRIORITY 1 RISK GROUP 1 RISK GROUP 2 RISK GROUP 3

Volume of Work Available


Previous approach - Only work in Group 1 is undertakenTasks from risk groups 2 & 3 had to be justified for inclusion into Group 1 to ensure they were

undertaken

Work undertaken in these groups


NowBalanced view of aggregated risk reduction means work undertaken across the three groups (light

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Work undertaken in these groups (shown by light colours)

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Decommissioning strategy overview

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Risk Group 1

Bulk retrievals from intolerable facilities.

Risk Group 2

High probability lower consequence facilities.

Risk Group 3

Enablers and opportunities for accelerated risk

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Priority ‘1 ’ – Safe & Secure storage of the nuclear inventory and compliance with the site licence

Principles Rules Instructions

Sustained Risk Reduction

Risk Group 1


Risk Group 2


Risk Group 3


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Risk Group 1


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Risk Group 3


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Risk Group 1


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Priority ofDecommissioning -

Outline Position(Factors and

Principles Review)published

August 2014 (est) -Review of strategic

tolerancespublished

Apri l 2016 -Strategy 3published

October 2015 - Regulatorrequirement for a Draft integratedand optimised strategy and plan

for decommissioning

October 2016 -Regulator requi rementfor a Final in tegrated

and optimised strategyand plan for

decommissioning

Engagement on Gate0 paper

Stakeholderengagement on Stage

A assessment(engagement route

TBD)

Stakeholderengagement onGate C paper(engagementroute TBD)

Stakeholder engagement during options assessment and identi ficationof lead strategic option

Apri l 2015 (est) -End State review

published

Task C1

Review of del iverabil ity oflead strategic option.

Strategic position finalised

Completed: Dec 2015

Oct/ Nov 2014 -Comprehensive Spending

Review

NDA review ofimpact on paceand priority of

decommissioningacross estatefrom proposed

al ternativestrategic option

Time

Task A3

Confirm key question set and assessmentprocess. Refine to generate critical questions

Duration: Mar - Apri l 2014

Task A2

Confirmation of al ternative strategic optionsfor consideration in the assessment stage

Duration: Jan - Feb 2014

Task A1

Collaborative agreement with NDA onrelevant factors and methodology for use in

further process steps

Duration: Jan -Feb 2014

Task A4

Defined to lerances for strategic options

Duration: Mar - April 2014

Task A6

Post assessment review

Duration: August 2014

Sta ge A Overview

The overarching Stage A assessment process will identi fy credible a lternative strategic options for future process steps

This wi ll be delivered by appraisal of critica l questions and drivers against all the identified alternative strategic options.Credib le options identified and impl ications for each option assessed

Completed: August 2014

DRAFT: To be developedin January 2014 in

conjunction with the NDA

Assessment Stage A

Task B3Lead strategic option identified

Completed: March 2015

Task B2Implications of each alternative strategic option

assessed including review of benefi ts anddetriments

Completed: Feb 2015

Stage B

Task B1Shortl ist credible strategic alternative options as

previously assessed for Stage ACompleted: September 2014

Sta ge B Overview

The overarching Stage B output wil l identify thelead strategic option and contingency

Completed: Apri l 2015

Stage C

Sta ge C Overview

The Stage C output wi llreview the del iverabil ity of the

lead option, finalising thestrategic position.

Completed: Apri l 2015

Stakeholder engagementduring options assessment

and identification through SRTOG

Task A5

Undertake assessment process andproduce assessment report

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Decommissioning LTPSubmission

DecomDivision

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Retrievals Calder Hall

Sellafield decommissioning strategy

Potential for further development beyond the High Hazard Phase (Gate 0)

Workstream composition over time

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Lead time for waste route developmentLead time for POCO planning

Others

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N.B. timeline is illustrative only

Summary

• Sellafield integrated strategy is a public high level strategy

• Decommissioning have developed their strategy to align from a division level

• Work ongoing to continue improvements• Striving to accelerate risk and hazard reduction

Documents

Phil Reeve Decommissioning Head of Strategy and Technical Sellafield Ltd – Key to Britain’s Energy Future 9 April 2014