Nuclear safety advisory committee
review group 6 - 7th October 2008
Open government status: Open
Agenda number: NuSAC/RG6/08/A2
Meeting Date: 7 October 2008
Type of paper: Agenda
7th October 2008 from 10.00a.m. to 4:00 p.m Shakespeare Room, HSE Rose Court, London
Agenda
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Item |
Timing |
Ref.
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| 1 |
Introduction and Apologies for absence |
10:00 |
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| 2 |
Approval of Minutes: 2nd Meeting of NuSAC/RG6 – 22nd April 2008 |
10:05 |
NuSAC/RG6/08/M1 |
| 3 |
Matters arising from previous meeting |
10:10 |
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| 4 |
Members Reports on Technical Exchanges:
Peter Manning
Robin Grimes
Paul Haigh
Richard Taylor
Richard Dolby
Robin Bloomfield
Alan Muir |
10:30 |
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| 5 |
UK Waste Inventory (NDA/RWMD) |
11:00 |
NuSAC/RG6/08/10 |
| 6 |
Specialist topic of meeting – RWMD R&D Strategy Consultation
- RG6 Response
- NDA Position (IH/NS)
- HSE Position (SG/FMDB)
- NWAT Position (?)
- NuSAC Position? (PM)
The Consultation Document may be accessed through: http://www.nda.gov.uk/news/researchstrategy.cfm |
11:45 |
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Lunch |
12:45 |
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| 7 |
TBuRD/NRS Evolution proposals to incorporate the Evaluation of the 2007-08 NSR Programme and Progress Statements on the 2008-09 Programme (HSE/Licensees) |
13:30 |
NuSAC/RG6/08/11 |
| 8 |
Topics for Future RG6 Meetings based upon NDA, NII and BE lists of challenges (RG6/HSE/NDA/Licensees) |
14:15 |
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| 9 |
National Nuclear Laboratory Skills Review by HSE- Status Report (PS) |
15:00 |
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| 10 |
Report on Industry Proposal for future EPSRC programmes (PS) |
15:20 |
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| 11 |
HSE Input to the 2009-10 Programme
(Below the line) |
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NuSAC/RG6/08/12 |
| 12 |
Any Other Business |
15:40 |
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| 13 |
Date and place of next Sub-committee meeting |
15:50 |
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List of actions - 2nd meeting
- 08/1 Roger Streatfield to provide RG6 (PH) with a contact name to discuss pond water chemistry. Action complete.
- 08/2 HSE to make Control and Instrumentation Research Report available to RG6 members by July 2008.
- 08/3 HSE and Chair of RG6 to put together a list of topics for RG6 to concentrate on based upon the British Energy and NDA Risk Registers by July 2008.
- 08/4 HSE to compile a standardised list of questions that RG6 members can use when they attend technical exchange meetings to ensure a consistent scrutiny of research programmes in each technical area and to develop a system of prioritisation for the topics RG6 scrutinise by July 2008.
- 08/5 Chair of RG6 to discuss with CoRWM where the boundary between CoRWM and site responsibilities lie, by the next RG 6 meeting in October 2008.
- 08/6 HSE/Licensees to report to the October 2008 meeting of RG 6 on the International Nuclear Safety Research that is being done.
- 08/7 HSE to feed back RG6 Chair’s remark about ND Site Inspectors using Human Factors specialists in key inspections to give a Human Factors perspective. Action Complete.
- 08/8 NDA to circulate its Radioactive Waste Management Directorate Research Strategy to RG6 members by June 2008.
- 08/9 HSE to verify its position on repository research needs and report to the RG 6 meeting in October 2008.
- 08/10 NDA to set up a meeting with the appropriate parties, to discuss skills needs and the current position, during June 2008.
- 08/11 RG6 members to raise issues they wish to be discussed at future meetings or confirm that they have no issues, with the RG6 Secretary by August 2008.
