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Project Assessment Reports (PARs) - 2011

PARs issued in 2011

Issued to all sites

LI no. Issued Title
N/A Q1/2011 Variation of licence conditions 17 and 36 to implement the Nuclear Safety Directive 2009/71/Euratom in relation to Great Britain

Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield [Nuclear Site Licence 78A]

LI no. Issued Title
523 Q2/2011 Request for Agreement to release AXO Hold Point MEN5B.12, to commence Main Processing Facility (MPF) construction (PCSR 2)

Berkeley [Nuclear Site Licence 92]

LI no. Issued Title
504 Q4/2011 Berkeley Site - Agreement to proceed with Safety Category 2 or lower Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) retrieval works
N/A Q1/2011 Berkeley Site: project assessment report for the closing out of the Berkeley periodic safety review (PSR)
501 Q1/2011 Two year deferral of LC35 milestones relating to the retrieval, processing and storage of Intermediate Level Waste

Capenhurst (Urenco UK Ltd) [Nuclear Site Licence 48D]

LI no. Issued Title
N/A Q3/2011 Improvement notice for contraventions of contamination control arrangements
525 Q3/2011 Consent to a lease of land known as Plot H to Urenco ChemPlants Limited for the purpose of construction and operation of the Tails Management Facility
524 Q1/2011 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) wishes to grant a lease of Plot G at Capenhurst Nuclear Site, to Urenco UK Limited (UUK)
523 Q1/2011 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) wishes to grant a lease of Plot H at Capenhurst Nuclear Site, to Urenco UK Limited (UUK)
521 Q3/2011 Construction and Equipment Installation for the Tails Management Facility Uranium Oxide Store
519 Q3/2011 Consent to a lease of land to Urenco ChemPlants Limited for the purposes of construction and operation of the Tails Management Facility
517 Q1/2011 Consent to lease or Urenco UK Ltd Building 805 to NDA and for subsequent underlease to Sellafield Ltd

Devonshire Dock Complex (Barrow) [Nuclear Site Licence 42B]

LI no. Issued Title
509 Q3/2011 Approval of alterations to the BAE Systems Submarine Solutions (BAESSS) Nuclear Site Emergency Plan

Devonport Royal Dockyard [Nuclear Site Licence 50B]

LI no. Issued Title
539 Q3/2011 Agreement to implement the Category B modification/experiment on existing plant
538 Q3/2011 Agreement to implement the Category A modification/experiment on existing plant (#538)
537 Q3/2011 Agreement to implement the Category B modification / experiment on existing plant
536 Q2/2011 Agreement to implement the Category A modification/experiment on existing plant (#536)
535 Q1/2011 Agreement to implement the Category B Modification/experiment on existing plant (#535)
534 Q1/2011 Agreement to implement the Category A Modification/experiment on existing plant (#534)
533 Q1/2011 Agreement to implement the Interim Safety Justification (ISJ) solely for the docking of HMS Talent in 15 dock

Dungeness A [Nuclear Site Licence 94]

LI no. Issued Title
503 Q2/2011 Request to approve amendments to Site Emergency Plan

Dungeness B [Nuclear Site Licence 61]

LI no. Issued Title
535 Q4/2011 Agreement to extend the operation of Reactor 22 to 24 February 2012
534 Q3/2011 Agreement to replacement of 'gas circulator speed trip group equipment'
531
532		 Q1/2011 Agreement and approval to allow 'robust fuel' to be received at Dungeness B power station and loaded into the reactors

Hartlepool [Nuclear Site Licence 59]

LI no. Issued Title
540 Q3/2011 Consent to Restart Reactor 1 Following a Periodic Shutdown
539 Q1/2011 Approval of increased fuel irradiation limits to allow robust fuel to be loaded into the reactors at Hartlepool power station
538 Q1/2011 Agreement to change the boiler feed water dosing from ammonia to dimethylamine on Reactor 2 at Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station

Harwell [Nuclear Site Licence 84]

LI no. Issued Title
520 Q2/2011 Consent to a sub-underlease of Building 585 to AEA Technology PLC
519 Q1/2011 Consent to a sub-underlease of Building 551.2 to AEA Technology PLC
518 Q1/2011 Consent to a sub-underlease of Building 551.11 to AEA Technology PLC
514 Q1/2011 Consent to the lease of the East and South wings of Building 551 to Scientifics Limited

Heysham 1 and 2 [Nuclear Site Licence 60]

LI no. Issued Title
568 Q4/2011 Consent under Licence Condition 30(3) to start-up Reactor 7 following the 2011 periodic shutdown.
567 Q3/2011 Agreement to Installation of Bursting Discs for Reactor 7 in the Pre-Stressed Concrete Pressure Vessel Safety Relief Valve Filter Vessels
566 Q2/2011 Agreement to Implementation of the Essential Systems Outage Program (ESOP)
565 Q2/2011 HSE approval of amendments to Technical Specification Nuclear Safety Requirement (NSR) 2 to allow Robust Fuel to be loaded into the Heysham 1 Power Station reactors
563
564		 Q2/2011 Permission to enter the oxygen injection systems installed at Heysham 2 into routine carbon removal operations
562 Q2/2011 HSE agreement to use of robust fuel at Heysham 1 power station
557 Q1/2011 Replacement of gas circulator speed trip units in the reactor safety circuits

Hinkley Point B [Nuclear Site Licence 62A]

LI no. Issued Title
535 Q4/2011 Assessment of case to support the granting of consent to the start-up of Reactor 4 following the 2011 periodic shutdown
533 Q3/2011 HSE Approval of amendments to Technical Specification Nuclear Safety Requirement 9

Hunterston B [Nuclear Site Licence 13]

LI no. Issued Title
531 Q3/2011 Assessment of case to support the granting of consent to the start-up of Reactor 4 following the 2011 statutory periodic shutdown
530 Q1/2011 HSE approval of amendment to the Hunterston B Power Station emergency plan

Magnox Limited

LI no. Issued Title
502
(various)
503		 Q3/2011 Approval of arrangements made under Licence Condition 13(11):Site arrangements for urgent safety proposals at Berkeley Site, Bradwell Site, Dungeness A Site, Hinkley Point A Site and Sizewell A Site
N/A Q1/2011 Magnox South integration and relicensing to Magnox North Limited
N/A Q1/2011 Assessment of the Magnox North Limited organisational capability in support of decision to relicense Magnox South Limited sites to Magnox North Limited

Oldbury [Nuclear Site Licence 57A]

LI no. Issued Title
N/A Q2/2011 Generation of Reactor 1 to the end of December 2012
538 Q2/2011 Proposal to revise LC35 Decommissioning Programme in respect to the strategy for the management of Fuel Element Debris
N/A Q2/2011 Request for a Variation to the Oldbury Nuclear Site Licence No. 57A under Section 3.6 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (as amended)
539 Q2/2011 Installation of Bursting Discs in Reactor 1 Gas Safety Relief Valve Filters
536 Q1/2011 Agreement to NP/SC 5037 Issue 2 Oldbury Power Station paper of principle for assessment and repair of defects in nuclear safety related civil structures phase 3
N/A Q1/2011 Continued operation of Oldbury’s Reactor 2 to 30 June 2011

Sellafield, Windscale and Calderhall (Sellafield Ltd) [Nuclear Site Licence 31G]

LI no. Issued Title
N/A Q4/2011 Acknowledgement regarding receipt of the safety documentation for an Overarching Strategy Paper to an existing plant
N/A Q3/2011 Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP) Metal Fuel Pilot Project (MFPP)
821 Q3/2011 Requested acknowledgement from ONR, under LC 22(1), for safety documentation on the manual processing of Plutonium Contaminated Material (PCM) waste held in ageing facilities and its transport to modern stores
814 Q3/2011 Agreement to Implement Safety Documentation for Modification to an Existing Plant, WVP Line 3 Shield Doors
813 Q3/2011 Acknowledgement of receipt of safety documentation for control of organisational change in the Sellafield Ltd Decommissioning Directorate
812 Q4/2011 Overarching Strategy Paper that scopes the implementation of the modification to the Low Active Drain Segregation (LADS) Filter House
811 Q3/2011 Consent to Operate for the WVP Residue Export Facility
810 Q3/2011 Agreement to Commence Construction of the Concrete Superstructure for Pile Fuel Cladding Silo (PFCS)
809 Q4/2011 Requested acknowledgement from ONR for safety documentation for the modification of Engineering Drums Stores (EDS) thought the installation and operation of a new drum waste assay suite
807 Q4/2011 Consent to a Licence to Occupy for PX Limited to operate, maintain and manage the Fellside Combined Heat and Power Plant at the Sellafield site
806 Q2/2011 Acknowledgement of receipt of plant modification proposal Overarching Strategy Paper for a trial of Trino fuel reprocessing in THORP 
805 Q1/2011 Sellafield Mox Plant: acknowledgement of receipt of plant modification proposal Overarching Strategy Paper for a new rod line (NRL)
803 Q2/2011 Acknowledgement of receipt of the Overarching Strategy Paper for the proposed Substation 6 & 7 replacement work
802 & 804 Q2/2011 Acknowledgement of receipt of the Overarching Strategy Paper for the decommissioning of Laboratories 194/5 within the Analytical Services Building & the Plant Modification Proposal (PMP) associated with the Lab 195 containment installation and glove-box dismantling operations
801 Q2/2011 Acknowledgement of safety case for modifications of engineered interlocks on the Flask Maintenance Facility
800 Q2/2011 Notification requiring consent prior to commencement of operations of the Sellafield Product and Residue Store (SPRS)
799 Q2/2011 Agreement to commence Stage 3 of Operability and Maintainability Trials of Phase 4 Active Commissioning of the Waste Treatment Complex (WTC)
797 Q1/2011 Agreement to construct gantry at Evaporator D
796 Q1/2011 Formal agreement sought to commence construction, installation and inactive commissioning of the Box Transfer Facility (BTF) in January 2011
788 Q3/2011 Agreement to Implement Safety Documentation for Modification to an Existing Plant - HA Plant Wash Operations

Sellafield, Windscale [Nuclear Site Licence 83]

LI no. Issued Title
522 Q1/2011 Consent to a tenancy at will to National Nuclear Laboratories for B22 and B34

Sizewell A [Nuclear Site Licence 96]

LI no. Issued Title
503 Q4/2011 Approval under LC 11(3) of Issue 9 of the Magnox Limited Sizewell A Site Emergency Plan

Sizewell B [Nuclear Site Licence 63]

LI no. Issued Title
529 Q3/2011 Consent to start up reactor following periodic shutdown
528 Q4/2011 EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd – Sizewell B – Licence Instrument 528 – Agreement to proposed strategy for long-term management of intermediate level waste ion exchange resins
527
526		 Q1/2011 Approval of the maintenance schedule preface and agreement to extension of any specified interval

Torness [Nuclear Site Licence 14]

LI no. Issued Title
520 Q1/2011 Approval of amendments to operating rules under Licence Condition 23(5) relating to introduction of robust fuel

Trawsfynydd [Nuclear Site Licence 81]

LI no. Issued Title
N/A Q4/2011 Withdrawal of approval of operating rules at Trawsfynydd site

Wylfa [Nuclear Site Licence 58A]

LI no. Issued Title
547 Q4/2011 ONR agreement to fitting new gas safety relief valve (GSRV) main filter assemblies with integral bursting discs on Reactor 1 and the removal of the auxiliary filters from Reactor 1

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