RWMAC's Advice to Ministers on The Ministry of Defence's Arrangements for Dealing with Radioactively Contaminated Land

Contents

Foreword by Professor Charles Curtis

Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. The Structure of this Report

3. The Radioactively Contaminated Land Study and its Background

The study
Background to the study

4. The Current MoD Position and Arrangements

Radioactive contamination of MoD sites
The scale of MoD radioactively contaminated land
Current MoD land ownership policy
Principles underpinning MoD land disposal
MoD organisational involvement
Documentary guidance
Identification of radioactive contamination on MoD sites

5. Current UK Legislation and Standards for Dealing with Radioactively Contaminated Land

Legislation relating to radioactively contaminated land remediation
Planning requirements
Remediation standards
MoD remediation
Disposal of waste

6. Discussion of Findings

Identification of radioactively contaminated sites
The LQA programme
MoD documentation
Site studies
The Government's radioactively contaminated land proposals.
The role of the planning system
The role of the environment agencies
Standards for remediation of radioactively contaminated land
Maintenance of records

7. Summary of Main Conclusions and Recommendations

8. References

Annex 1: Terms of Reference for the 1999-2000 RWMAC Review of the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Radioactive Waste Management Practices
Annex 2: The RWMAC MoD Practices Working Group
Annex 3: Site Case Studies
Annex 4: Activity Levels for Radium-226
Annex 5: The Efficacy of the Planning System in Remediating Radioactively Contaminated MoD Land
Annex 6: Glossary