Health and safety commission
Nuclear safety advisory committee sub-committee on research
36th meeting on Thursday 14 April 2005 at 10.00 a.m. at HSE Rose Court, Southwark Bridge, London
- OG status: Open
- Agenda number: NuSAC/SCR/05/A1
- Date of meeting: 14 April 2005
- Intranet embargo: None
- Type of paper: Agenda
AGENDA
With indicative timing
- 1. 1000
- Welcome to new members and apologies for absence
(Members technical areas, future membership)
- 2.1 1010 NuSAC/SCR/04/M2
- Approval of Minutes: 35rd Meeting on 16 September 2004
- 2.2
- Matters arising from previous meeting
- 3.1. 1020 NuSAC/SCR/05/1
- UK nuclear safety research programme: update on 2004/2005 programme and
proposed programme for 2005/2006 (HSE)
- 3.2 1040
- Licensees' proposed 2005-06 Programme (Licensees).
N.B. The licensees’ (BE, ME and BNFL Sellafield) Nuclear Research Schedules, including a review of capability, is also distributed with the papers.
- 3.2.1 1040 NuSAC/SCR/05/2
- BE & Future arrangements for managing the BE strategic
programme (oral pres.)
- 3.2.2 1110 NuSAC/SCR/05/3
- ME
- 3.2.3 1130 NuSAC/SCR/05/4
- BNFL Sellafield
- 4. 1150
- Presentation on W&D research (HSE, Licensees)
- 1250
- Lunch
- 5. 1330 NuSAC/SCR/05/5
- Forward look (HSE/Licensees)
- 6. 1350 NuSAC/SCR/05/6
- Recent developments in the NDA approach to research (NDA)
- 7. 1410 NuSAC/SCR/05/7
- Review of new Sellafield research transparency arrangements (HSE)
- 8 1430 NuSAC/SCR/05/8
- Access to Independent Technical Capability (HSE)
- 9. 1450 NuSAC/SCR/05/9
- UK involvement in international nuclear safety research
collaborative projects (HSE)
- 10. 1510
- Any Other Business
- 11.
- Date of next Sub-committee meeting
Some of the above papers may be taken ‘below the line’ for information
only if required by the time available.
LIST OF ACTIONS
- 04/13
- HSE - HSC to have standing invitation to meetings – M Burns unable
to attend this meeting, but wishes to continue to be invited - continuing
duty, drop from actions
- 04/14
- HSE – Arrange meeting with M Burns (HSC) and SCR chair - attempted
without success
- 04/15
- HSE - Invite new SCR members, checking whether there was a requirement
to have TUC and CBI members – there is no specific requirement
to have TUC and CBI members
Dr R Dolby, ex TWI, has accepted an invitation to be seconded
- 04/16
- LMU/HSE – Send SCR early draft of NDA Research Board Terms of Reference
– NDA did not wish to send draft, but agreed TOR will be sent before
the meeting
- 04/17
- HSE – Arrange W&D presentation at next SCR mtg, inviting chairs of Review
Groups 2&3
- RG2
- Fuel cycle operations and interim safety –chair Bill Heafield
- RG3
- NDA and decommissioning policy – Wynne Davies: Presentation
on agenda, invitations sent
- 04/18
- HSE – Report on organisation of W&D NRI at next SCR meeting – it
has been decided to keep the status quo for the time being until the working
arrangements for the NDA and the NDA Technical Issues list are clearer
- 04/19
- HSE – Report back on Consort reactor from Imperial College workshop in
October – to be done orally in meeting by P Storey and Prof S Parry
