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WORLD NUCLEAR TRANSPORT INSTITUTE

IAEA Technical Meeting on Integrated Approaches

to the Back End of the Fuel Cycle

Overview of Approach to Back End Transport

in WNTI

Hirotaka Nojima

WNTI Specialist Advisor

World Nuclear Transport Institute

310-312 Regent Street, London, U.K.

[email protected]

17th – 19th July 2018, IAEA, Vienna

mailto:[email protected]


IAEA – TM on Integrated Approaches to the Back End of the Fuel Cycle – 17 - 19 July 2018, Vienna

History

The WNTI was established by Industry in 1998 to represent the collective interests of

the radioactive materials transport sector. The WNTI has grown to nearly 50 Members

to date from a wide range of industry sectors (radioisotopes producers, major utilities,

fuel producers, transport companies, package designers, package producers and

mines and other industry transport stakeholders...)

WNTI supports the work of key intergovernmental organisations, such as the IMO and

the IAEA, in promoting an efficient, harmonised international transport safety and

security regime.

Exchanges within intergovernmental organisations, with national competent authorities

and collaboration with related industry organisations are essential for the WNTI.

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History - 20th Anniversary

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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle

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Around 5% of Class 7 Radioactive Material transported worldwide per

year are related to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (The rest include medicine,

agriculture, research, manufacturing, non-destructive testing and in the

exploration of minerals).



The Nuclear Fuel Cycle -

Back End Transport

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All operations concerned with the spent fuel which leaves the reactors, including the

shipment of spent fuel elements from nuclear power plants to reprocessing facilities for

recycling, and the subsequent transport of the products of reprocessing.

Alternatively, if the once-through option is chosen, the spent fuel is transported to interim

storage facilities pending its final disposal.

Spent fuel cask on

dedicated rail

transport and being

loaded onto a ship

Characteristics : limited volume transported in tailor made packages and dedicated conveyances



Members30/06/2018

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Reactor Operators, Associated Vendors, Waste Management Organization etc. are joining.



Organisation &

GovernanceBOARD OF DIRECTORS

Founder Members representatives

(UK, France, Japan)

LONDON OFFICE STAFF

• Chris Chen – Finance and Operations Manager

• Francesca Houslander –Communications Officer

• Ayomide Agbaje – Finance & Admin Assisatant

• Amy Northage –Membership Secretary and Events Executive

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Founder Members representatives

(UK, France, Japan)

SECRETARY GENERAL• John Mulkern

LONDON OFFICE

SPECIALISTS ADVISORS

• Anne Presta – Safety• Hirotaka Nojima – EPR• Simon Chaplin – Security

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

• Eileen Supko - North America• Ko Sugiura - Japan• Frank Boulton - Australasia• Captain Sanjoy Sen - Southern Africa• Steven Shi : China

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Mission

• The voice of the radioactive materials transport industry

• Industry Representation at International Organisations

• Factual information – factsheets, website www.wnti.co.uk

• Good practice guides & Standards for the industry

• Working groups for industry members

• Thematic / Regional Workshops

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http://www.wnti.co.uk/



WNTI A permanent involvement and active participation

in International Organisations in charge of the

Regulations

• TRANSPORT SAFETY

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

• NUCLEAR SECURITY

GUIDANCE COMMITTEE

• ALL RELEVANT COMMITTEES

AND SUB COMMITTEES

• DANGEROUS GOODS

PANEL WG

• UN ECONOMIC AND

SOCIAL COUNCIL Sub-

Committee of Experts on

the Transport of

Dangerous Goods

• Technical Committee 85 (Nuclear)

• EMERGENCY

PREPAREDNESS &

RESPONSE STANDARDS

COMMITTEE

WNTI : OBSERVER STATUS

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WNTI

Expanding and sharing the knowledge

• WNTI delivers lectures and courses

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PUBLICATIONS

• WNTI develops a wide range of publications, which are

shared among industry stakeholders for wider

implementation

• WNTI publications freely available on www.wnti.co.uk

FACT SHEETS

GOOD PRACTICE

GUIDES

WNTI PUBLICATIONS

INFORMATION

PAPERS

STANDARDS

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Implementation of standards brings confidence to all parties involved, from Authorities to Service Providers to stakeholders.

Improved Safety

Improved Security

Improved

Performance

International

Regulations

Good

Practice

Guides

Improved

Continuity of Know

How & Expertise

=+

Regulations and Good Practice Guides THE WINNING COMBINATION

Improved Public

Acceptance

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WNTI Publications

• Radioactiv e materials

Transport – Industry

Experience

• Nuclear Fuel Cycle Transport

– The IAEA regulations and

their relev ance to Sev ere

Accidents

• Uranium Concentrates

Industry Best Practice for

av oiding contamination of

Packages and Shipping

Containers in Multimodal

transports

• Radioactiv e Materials

Transport the International

Safety regime- An Ov erv iew

of Safety regulations and the

Organisations responsible for

their dev elopment

• Radiation dose Assessment

for the Transport of Nuclear

Fuel Cycle Materials

• WNTI Glossary

• New Fissile Exception

Prov isions in the IAEA

Transport Regulations (SSR-

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• Safety Regulations

Gov erning Radioactiv e

Materials Transport

• Package Types used for

Transporting Radioactiv e

Materials


- Front End Materials


- Back End Materials

• The INF Code and purpose-

built v essels

• Quick facts on the transport

of Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Transport

• The Safe Transport of

Uranium Ore Concentrates

• Preparation of Natural

Uranium Samples for

Shipment in an Excepted

Package

• Transport of Large Objects

and Special Arrangement

• Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6)

• Nuclear Liability for

Transport

• WNTI Transport Principles

• Radiation Protection

Programmes for Road

Carriers, Sea Carriers and

Port Handlers

• Good Practice for the

Securing of Drums of

Uranium Ore Concentrate in

20’ ISO Containers

• Electronic Tracking for the

Transport of Nuclear and

other Radioactiv e Materials

- Rev ision 1.0 - A

WINS/WNTI International

Best Practice Guide

• WNTI Best Practice for

Checking Shipping

Containers Prior to Loading

Drums of UOC and Before

Dispatch

• Nuclear Transport Security

Rev ision 1 - A

WNTI/WINSInternational

Good Practice Guide

• Communicating

Radioactiv e Materials

Transport

• Good Practice Guide for

The Transport of UN3507 by

Air

• Packaging and Transport

for Uranium Comcentrates

V2

• UF6 Cylinder identification

INFORMATION

PAPERS

FACT SHEETS GOOD PRACTICE GUIDES

STANDARDS

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WNTI Publications on Back End

Transport

【Fact Sheet】

• Transport of Large Objects and Special Arrangements

• The INF Code and purpose built vessels

• Nuclear Fuel Cycle transport- Back end materials

• Quick facts on the transport of Nuclear Fuel cycle Transport

• Nuclear Liability for Transport

【Good Practice Guide】

• Communicating radioactive Material Transports

• WNTI transport principles

【Glossary】

• WNTI Glossary

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WORKING GROUPS

WNTI PERMANENT WORKING GROUPS SCOPE 2018/2019

BACK END TRANSPORT

Chairmanship : SELLAFIELD Ltd

• Waste Inventory Forecasting &

Characterisation• Cask decommissioning

• Waste Transport Regulatory Framework• Dual Use casks

• Consignee Duty Holding

URANIUM ORE CONCENTRATES

Chairmanship : CAMECO

WNTI Uranium Concentrate Good Practice Guide to a

Standard

HEX-T

Chairmanship : URENCO

UF6 Cylinder Standards ANSI N14.1

ISO 7195, ISO 12807, ISO 10276

Socket Head plug – Implementation , Experiences and

challenges

Load Securing for UF6 Transport

SSR-6

Chairmanship : AXPO

IAEA SSR-6 and SSG-26 Revision Cycle

TRANSPORT SECURITY

Chairmanship : INS

Graded approach

Monitoring of the evolution of IAEA NST 044 and NST 053

EMERGENCY PREPARENDESS & RESPONSE

(resuming in progress)

IAEA TS-G-1.2 Revision cycle

SUPPLY CHAIN (dormant)

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MEMBERS MEETINGS

Twice a year : SAMM

• June : Member’s Country

• December : London : 12 - 13 Dec 2018

Two days

Day 1 : Working group meetings

Day 2 : Plenary session with special guests

+ Technical tour

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Upcoming Event: WNTI Collaboration

PATRAM 2019Hosted by the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM)

WNTI supports in the PATRAM2019.

✓ What is PATRAM?

The International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of

Radioactive Materials (PATRAM) is a series of symposia that brings

together worldwide experts from government, industry, and research

organizations.

✓ Date and Place

4 - 9 August 2019 – New Orleans, USA

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THANK YOU

The World Nuclear Transport Institute

www.wnti.co.uk

Extensive freely available publications and information.

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INF3 vessel

Description

www.pntl.co.uk

Sonar location equipment is fitted to aid

any salvage operation.

http://www.pntl.co.uk/

WORLD NUCLEAR TRANSPORT INSTITUTENo Workstream Aim Objective

1 Waste Inventory Forecasting

& Characterisation

Lead: Sellafield Ltd, UK.

To develop a means of predicting waste arising’s in the nuclear

industry and drive discussion on how the derived data can be

exploited to develop worked examples on the characterisation,

categorisation and classification of materials for transport to

interim and final disposal facilities.

Factsheet

2 Cask Decommissioning


To explore the cask decommissioning methodologies available

to the world-wide nuclear industry, promote discussion on the

relative strengths/weaknesses of identified processes and

develop thinking on what constitutes current best practice

Good Practice

Guide

3 Waste Transport Regulation

Framework

Lead: RWM, UK.

To engage the nuclear industry and take their views on the

aspects of the current transport regulatory framework that

constrain waste operations.

To use the derived data in order to develop proposals for

regulatory change.

IAEA

Engagement

4 Dual-Use Casks

Lead: Orano, France.

To drive discussion and share industry practice on the best

practice standards and expectations in relation to the design,

manufacture, use and maintenance of dual-use (transport and

storage) casks.

To engage with the regulatory community in order to ensure that

future regulatory revision is sensitive to the views of industry.

IAEA Draft

TECDOC on

DPCSC

5 Consignee Duty-Holding


To explore the duties and expectations of the transport role of

consignee, promote discussion on the relationship between

consignor & consignee and develop the thinking on what

constitutes good practice.

Factsheet

BETWG 2018/2019 Workplan

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