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The SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network is a forum for developing and disseminating good practice guidance on the management of radioactively and chemically contaminated land on nuclear and defence sites in the UK.
CIRIA produces an e-newsletter three times a year to update all stakeholders on any developments with the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network. Individuals who are interested in the work of SAFEGROUNDS can sign up as a network member.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network please click here. Membership is free and as a member you will receive the SAFEGROUNDS newsletter and invitations to participate in future consultations.
The November 2007 consultation workshop provided stakeholders with the opportunity to contribute further towards the development of the following SAFEGROUNDS guidance documents:
Most stakeholder comments from this workshop have been taken on board and the above guidance documents have been revised accordingly, and are now out to consultation. The view the times and dates for each consultation documents are listed below:
Name of document |
Date consultation commenced |
Date consultation closes |
Second draft of LMGv2 Guidance for the management of contaminated land on nuclear and defence sites |
11 February 2008 |
21 March 2008 |
New Guide to Options Comparison |
14 February 2008 |
26 March 2008 |
New Citizens Guide |
26 February 2008 |
02 April 2008 |
Second Draft Guidance of Site Characterisation |
26 February 2008 |
02 April 2008 |
To view or provide a response to any of the above consultations, click here.
March 2008
In the last Newsletter we highlighted the new published guidance from the SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network. To remind you of what they are and where to find them, they have been listed below for your convenience:-
Record keeping is one of the SAFEGROUNDS five key principles for the management of contaminated land on nuclear and defence sites. This guidance document has been produced to address the need for clarity on the drivers for land quality records management and to provide practical guidance on the land quality information that should be recorded, the form in which this information should be kept and how record keeping systems should be structured and maintained. Click here to download.
The SAFEGROUNDS regulatory framework paper reflects developments over the period from September 2005 to August 2007. The paper provides a factual summary of the key features of the UK regulatory framework for the management of contaminated land on nuclear-licensed sites and defence sites.
March 2008
To facilitate access to the information contained in the paper, a new regulatory framework area has been created on the SAFEGROUNDS website. Summary information is provided on:
The regulatory framework section of the website can be viewed here.
A conference is being discussed and is still in its preliminary stages, but hopefully when we know more you will be the first to know. If anyone has any suggestions for speaker topics, or workshop groups feel free to drop Gemma Samlal an email at: Gemma.Samlal@ciria.org.
March 2008
To view past SAFEGROUNDS news articles please click here.