Changing culture and practice:
A SAFEGROUNDS with SD:SPUR conference

On 12 and 13 March 07, the SAFEGROUNDS and SD:SPUR Learning Networks held a conference covering the management of contaminated land and decommissioning wastes on nuclear and defence sites. There were presentations on experiences from sites, the management options available to operators and the latest developments in regulatory and policy frameworks. The underlying themes were the benefits of building stakeholders relationships, effective supply chains and cultures of good practice.

Phil Davies of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority opened the conference with a keynote address on the scale of the challenges facing sites. Other features included a conference dinner where Professor Gordon MacKerron of CORWM will deliver a talk on the long-term benefits of building stakeholder relationships.