Waste Management
Background
The Common Waste Information Database (CWID) is a waste tracking and analytical tool that can be used to prepare reliable and auditable decommissioning waste cost estimates.
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CWID is a waste management system that has been developed to help generate waste minimisation strategies on UKAEA sites. Successful waste management depends on a single system containing validated baseline information. It is equally important to have comprehensive and accurate reporting capabilities to allow robust business decisions to be made along with the ability to report waste metrics to our customer, the NDA.
Our approach
UKAEA can design and configure a Waste Management system to meet your needs complete with operator training. It is based on Microsoft SQL/VB.net/ASP platform and has a web-based waste consignment interface. It can be used in conjunction with EPRI’s (Electric Power Research Institute) SDMSM (Solid and Decommissioning Multi-Site Manager) and plant-based SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems. As it is developed with direct input from end users, it meets user needs and eliminates duplication of data input and storage.WTD is a fully integrated waste package database. It records all waste items from the point they leave the generating facility,through all processing operations, until they reach their final resting place. It is a full lifecycle database and tracks all wastes, including hazardous wastes. As it is comprehensive, it is capable of generating reports based on packages, streams, facility throughputs, processing efficiencies, storage capacities, etc.
All waste information is stored in one place, validated and secure, ensuring that all users’ strategies are consistent.
The benefits
CWID allows focused, unified site waste management and decision-making, enables accelerated decommissioning, and reduces interfaces, conflicting messages, confusion and data input duplication.CWID manages waste of any type and in any form, including liquid wastes and bulk waste. It co-ordinates where the waste goes, using detailed business cost models to calculate the most efficient routes.
From start through to final disposal, all waste generation, packaging, transfer, volume reduction, processing, storage and disposal is linked to and tracked by waste container IDs. It tracks generators, waste streams and types, quantities, mass, labour, repackaging, treatment and processing, storage, disposal, and all transfers. It also knows the location of tens of thousands of containers at all times, even after final disposal.
Together with SDMSM, CWID is a ‘Best in Class’ integrated strategy tool for identifying, tracking and costing all types of waste.
