Eden Nuclear and Environment is a specialist in assessing radionuclide impacts and radioactive waste management. [1] The company has expanded with new employees Adrian Punt and Shelly Mobbs joining the team. [2] Eden is involved in several international projects including BIOPROTA which aims to improve assessments of radiation exposure to non-human biota from geological disposal of radioactive waste. [3]

1. ISSUE
1 Eden Nuclear and Environment
June Newsletter
2011
this issue
Further Growth for Eden P 1
New Offices P 1
Our services BIOPROTA Forum News P 1
Eden Nuclear and Environment Best Available Techniques P 2
are specialists in the The LLWR 2011 ESC P 2
assessment of radionuclide
impacts to the environment and Eden @ P 2
the management and disposal of Eden NE Contacts P 2
radioactive wastes.
Our services cover:
Further Growth for Eden
Environmental Safety Cases We would like to extend a warm welcome to
Assessments of radiological Adrian Punt and Shelly Mobbs at Eden
impact Nuclear and Environment.
Adrian brings a strong
Management of technical
background in both the
BIOPROTA Update
programmes
technical and BIOPROTA at a glance
Optioneering and optimisation commercial aspects of
studies (e.g. BAT/BPM) the nuclear industry.  Published report on uncertainties associated
Detailed technical studies for Adrian has provided with Non-Human Biota assessments.
radioactive waste consultancy support to
 Work to inter-compare models for the release
management and disposal new nuclear build
of C-14 from soils and uptake to plants is
utilities, operational and decommissioning underway.
Stakeholder engagement
nuclear sites, ‘smaller users’ as well as the
 The annual BIOPROTA workshop was held
We place an emphasis on technical Environment Agency and SEPA. He has
on 18-19 June in Hamilton (Canada) prior to
excellence and providing good extensive experience in the areas of radioactive the ICRER Conference.
value. Our staff are highly and integrated waste management, radiological
committed and share fully in the
assessments and environmental radioactivity. Non-human Protection Objectives for Deep
success of our business.
Adrian has joined Eden Nuclear and Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Environment as Associate Director. Contact
New Offices Adrian on +44 (0) 7875 690 585 or email him at
Eden NE are the technical lead for a
BIOPROTA initiative to establish a process by
Eden Nuclear and Environment ap@eden-ne.co.uk. which waste management operators can
continues to grow and we have now demonstrate compliance with environmental
Shelly Mobbs has objectives for Deep Geological Disposal. The
moved into new premises at the
been Leader of the work will develop assessment criteria of
Eden Conference Barn near Temple
Waste Management radiological exposure of Non-Human Biota and
Sowerby, Penrith. The facilities
Group of the Radiation significantly improve the way in which
provide both working space and a
Protection Division of environmental compliance is assessed in
meeting room, conveniently located
the Health Protection situations where initial screening criteria are
next to the A66.
Agency for thirty years exceeded. The project is supported by Posiva
and brings a wealth of (Finland), NWMO (Canada), ANDRA and
experience of the IRSN (France), SSM and SKB (Sweden), OSU
disposal of radioactive waste and assessments (USA), UMB (Norway), Manchester
Eden Nuclear and Environment Metropolitan University and GMS Abingdon
of radioactively contaminated land. Her work
Eden Conference Barn Ltd. A workshop is being held in Glasgow on 6-
has also included the development of radiation
Low Moor 7 July.
protection standards for the protection of
Penrith Continued on Page 2
people at work and the public and the
Cumbria
CA10 1XQ development of a Recovery Handbook for
Tel: +44 (0)1768 362009 Response to Radiation Incidents. Shelly will be
Fax: +44 (0)1768 293100 joining us in October.
Web: www.eden-ne.co.uk

2. A New Nuclear Industry
Eden Code of Practice: Best
BIOPROTA Update contd.
Redox Species Behaviour in the Biosphere
Available Techniques The behaviour of long lived redox sensitive
radionuclides (e.g. Se-79 and U-238) in the
geosphere-biosphere interface zone is the
focus of an international BIOPROTA workshop
to be held in Belgium, 6-8 September. The
workshop aims to reduce the uncertainties
associated with modelling the behaviour of
redox sensitive species in the GBIZ and hence
BIOPROTA at better evaluate their contribution to dose in
ICRER, Canada performance assessments.
Karen Smith has recently been
organising, attending and reporting Human Intrusion Eden NE, GMS Abingdon
on the annual workshop of the and Amphos 21 are working together to
BIOPROTA International Forum in develop a standardised method to estimate
Hamilton, Canada, 18-19 June, Duncan Jackson has recently co-authored a radiological risks associated with unintentional
hosted by NWMO. Karen has also new Code of Practice produced by the Nuclear intrusion into geological disposal facilities to
presented the results from Se-79 Industry and endorsed by the Safety Directors' provide easily useable calculation tools. The
work at the International Forum. It is aimed at those responsible for report is due later this year.
Conference on Radioecology and formulating organisational policy and
Environmental Radioactivity developing working level procedures, as well For more information, contact Karen Smith
(ICRER) in Hamilton. as practitioners of BAT and Best Practicable (ks@eden-ne.co.uk).
Means (BPM). The Code of Practice is not
Adrian has co-authored a paper
prescriptive, but offers guidance on compliance
presented at ICRER, Canada
with regulatory requirements and approaches.
discussing work he led on behalf of
The NDA have welcomed the new Code of
The LLWR 2011 ESC
the Environment Agency assessing
external dose rates to members of Practice: Andy Baker and other Eden NE staff have
the public around the Ribble been providing technical support to LLW
“We believe that the guide provides a
Estuary. See Repository Ltd for the technical management
very useful basis for a common approach
http://publications.environment- and development of the LLWR’s 2011
to the challenges of applying BAT within
agency.gov.uk/PDF/SCHO0211BT Environmental Safety Case. The ESC was
the sector.”
KF-E-E.pdf for a copy of the full delivered to the Environment Agency at the
report. beginning of May. The full set of
documentation can be viewed here:
ICEM 2011,
France Eden NE contacts http://www.llwrsite.com/environmental-safety-
case.
Andy Baker will be attending
ICEM 2011, the International Andy Baker ajb@eden-ne.co.uk
Conference on Environmental +44 (0)1768 362009
Remediation and Radioactive Duncan Jackson dj@eden-ne.co.uk
Waste Management, taking place +44 (0)1946 820609
on 25-29 September in Rheims, Adrian Punt ap@eden-ne.co.uk
France. He is presenting a paper +44 (0) 7875 690585
on the LLWR’s 2011 Environmental Karen Smith ks@eden-ne.co.uk
Safety Case. +44 (0) 7808 782882
Rhiannon George rmg@eden-ne.co.uk
+44 (0)1768 362009
Jennifer Holliday jh@eden-ne.co.uk
+44 (0)1768 362009
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