Submission from Serco Assurance to the DEFRA consultation on radioactive waste management

摘要

Serco Assurance is a major UK supplier to the nuclear and other safety critical industries involved in safety management, environmental addes-ments and plant perfomrnace and integrity. In the context of radioactive waste management, we have an extensive track record in evaluating option, the management of the risks involved, asset and liabilities management, conducting research and safety assessments intow aste disposal, and the safety of operating plants. Serco Assurance is therefore well-placed to contribute constructively to the discussion of issues identified in the current Consultation Paper from DEFRA. We have responded to all the issues on which views are sought in the Consultation Paper, with the main focus being on matters concerned with organisational arrangements for considering policy and the process to be used to bonduct the associated research programme.