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Good practice guidance for the management of contaminated land on nuclear and defence sites

Table of contents
1: Introduction
2: Key principles
3: Amplification of the key principles
4: Recommended approach
5: Identifying the preferred ption
6: Deciding on the option to be implemented
7: Implementing the chosen management options
8: Validating what has been done
9: References
10: Glossary
Appendix A. Further guidance for nuclear-licensed sites
Appendix B. Further guidance for defence sites

These HTML sections are extracts from the main document and appendices.

9: References

Baker A J, Darwin C J, Jefferies N L, Towler P A and Wade D L (2000). Best Practice Guidance for Site Characterisation. A report from the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network. CIRIA, London. See www.safegrounds.com

Barry D L, Steeds J and Shephard E (1996). Safe Working Practices on Contaminated Sites. CIRIA Report 132. CIRIA, London.

CIRIA (2002), Advocacy issues. A paper from the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network. See www.safegrounds.com

Collier D (2002). Community Stakeholder Involvement in the Management of Contaminated Land. A paper from the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network. See www.safegrounds.com

Department of the Environment (1997). Quality Assurance in Environmental Consultancy - Contaminated Land Report 12. Department of the Environment, London.

Department of the Environment (1995). Prioritisation and Categorisation Procedure for Sites that may be Contaminated - Contaminated Land Report 6. Department of the Environment, London.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (2000a). Model Procedures for the Management of Contaminated Land. Research Report No. 11. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, London (in press).

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (2000b). Contaminated Land – Environmental Protection Act 1990: Part IIA. DETR Circular 02/2000/ Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, London.

Department for Trade and Industry (2002). Managing the Nuclear Legacy. Cm 5552. London, DTI.

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2002). Development on Land Affected by Contamination. Consultation Paper on Draft Planning Technical Guidance. DTLR, London.

Environment Agency (2002a). Assessment of Risks to Human Health from Land Contamination: An Overview of the Development of Soil Guideline Values and Related Research. R&D Publication CLR7. Environment Agency and DEFRA. (See also the other related publications listed at * at the end of this section.)

Environment Agency (2002b). Guidance on the Characterisation and Remediation of Radioactively Contaminated Land. Environment Agency, Bristol. See www.environment-agency.gov.uk.

Environment Agency (2001). BNFL Sellafield RSA 93 Authorisation Review Consultation Documents (available from project.sellafield@environment-agency.gov.uk).

Environment Agency (2000a). Guidance for the Safe Development of Housing on Land Affected by Contamination. R&D Publication 66, Environment Agency, Bristol.

Environment Agency (2000b). Technical Support Material for the Regulation of Radioactively Contaminated Land. R&D Technical Report P307. Environment Agency, Bristol.

Environment Agency (2000c). Land Contamination, Technical Guidance on Special Sites, MOD Land. R&D Report P5. 042/TR/01.

Environment Agency (1999). Methodology for the Derivation of Remedial Targets for Sol and Groundwater to Protect Water Resources, R&D Publication 20. Environment Agency, Bristol.

Environment Agency (1997). Best Practicable Environmental Option Assessments for Integrated Pollution Control. Technical Guidance Note (Environmental) E1.

Finnamore J R, Denton B and Nathanail C P (2000). Land contamination - management of financial risk. CIRIA Publication C545. CIRIA, London.

Fogleman V M (2000). Contaminated Land Liability Issues: a legal perspective. J. Rad. Prot. 20 p301 – 314 .

Harris M R, Herbert S R and Smith M A (1995). Remedial Treatment for Contaminated Land. Volumes I-XII. Special Publication 101 – 112. CIRIA, London.

Health and Safety Executive (2001a). Safety Assessment Principles for Nuclear Plants http://www.hse.gov.uk/nsd/saps.htm

Health and Safety Executive (2001b). Guidance for Inspectors on the Management of Radioactive Materials and Radioactive Waste on Nuclear Licensed Sites. Nuclear Safety Directorate of HSE, 13 March 2001. See www.hse.gov.uk/nsd.

Health and Safety Executive (2001c). Guidance for Inspectors on
Decommissioning on Nuclear Licensed Sites. Nuclear Safety Directorate of HSE, 13 March 2001. See www.hse.gov.uk/nsd.

Health and Safety Executive (1999a). Work with Ionising Radiations. Ionising Radiations Regulations Approved Code of Practice and Guidance. TSO, London.

Health and Safety Executive (1999b). Nuclear site licence condition 36. Available at www.hse.gov.uk/nsd/cond36htm.

Health and Safety Executive (1994). Nuclear Site Licenses under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (as amended). Notes for Applicants. Sheffield, HSE Books.

Health and Safety Executive (1991). Protection of Workers and the General Public During the Development of Contaminated Land. TSO, London.

Hill M D (2002). The Regulatory Framework for Contaminated Land on Nuclear-Licensed Sites and Defence Sites. A Paper for the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network, Version 3, August 2002. www.SAFEGROUNDS.com/bookshelf

Hill, M D, Steeds, J E and Slade, N J (2001). Land Contamination: Technical Guidance on Special Sites: Nuclear Sites. Environment Agency R&D Publication P158. Bristol, Environment Agency.

Mallett, H (2002). Technical Options for Managing Contaminated Land. A paper from the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network. See www.SAFEGROUNDS.com.

NRPB (1998). Radiological Protection Objectives for Land Contaminated with Radionuclides. Doc. NRPB 4 No. 1

Royal Commission on Environmental Protection (1988). Best Practicable Environmental Option. 12th Report.

Royal Commission on Environmental Protection (1998). Setting Environmental Standards. 21st Report.

RWMAC (2000). The Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee’s Advice to Ministers on the Ministry of Defence Arrangements for Dealing with Radioactively Contaminated Land. HMSO Norwich.

Smith, GM (2002). Assessment of the Health and Environmental Risks from Contaminated Land. A Paper from the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network. See www.SAFEGROUNDS.com.

Taylor, Derek M (2001). The future of radioactive waste management – a European view. Proc. IBC’s 3rd International Two-day Conference on Managing Radioactive Waste, London, 11 & 12 December 2001.

Tromans, Stephen and Fitzgerald, James (1997). The Law of Nuclear Installations and Radioactive Substances. London, Sweet & Maxwell.

*Other publications in this series are:

CLR 8 Potential contaminants for the assessment of land

CLR 9 Contaminants in soil: collation of toxicological data and intake values for humans

CLR 10 The contaminated land exposure and assessment model (CLEA). Technical basis and algorithms.

SGV 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10. Soil guideline values for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, inorganic mercury, nickel, selenium, lead

TOX 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8, 10. Contaminants in soil, collation of toxicological data and intake values for humans for arsenic, benzo(a)pyrene, cadmium, chromium, inorganic cyanide, lead, mercury, nickel, selenium.

Legislation

Acts

Nuclear Installations Act, 1965 (as amended).

Control of Pollution Act, 1974.

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act, 1974.

Environmental Protection Act, 1990: Part IIA Contaminated Land (inserted by the Environment Act, 1995).

Water Resources Act, 1991.

Radioactive Substances Act, 1993.

Regulations

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations, 1999. SI 1999 No. 437.

Contaminated Land (England) Regulations, 2000. SI 2000 No. 227.

Ionising Radiations Regulations, 1999. SI 1999 No. 3232.

Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations, 1999. SI 1999 No. 2892.

Special Waste Regulations, 1996. SI 1996 No. 972, as amended.

Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment, England and Wales) Regulations, 1999. SI 1999 No. 293.

Other Statutory Instruments

The Radioactive Substances (Phosphatic Substances, Rare Earths etc) Exemption Order 1962. SI 1962 No. 2648.

The Radioactive Substances (Substances of Low Activity) Exemption Order 1986. SI 1986 No. 1002.

 

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