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Journal articles on the topic "Records disposal Victoria Management"
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Goodman, Robin, and Nicholas Low. "The Management and Disposal of Hazardous Waste in Victoria." Urban Policy and Research 13, no. 1 (March 1995): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111149508551671.
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Rees, Michael, and David Paull. "Distribution of the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) in the Portland region of south-western Victoria." Wildlife Research 27, no. 5 (2000): 539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr99045.
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The southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) occurs across the periphery of southern and eastern Australia as a series of isolated regional populations. Historical records and recent surveys conducted for I. obesulus indicate that it has disappeared or decreased significantly from many parts of its former range. Vegetation clearance, habitat fragmentation, feral predators and fire have all been implicated in the decline of the species. This paper examines the distribution of I. obesulus in the Portland region of south-western Victoria. Historical records of I. obesulus were compiled from the specimen collection of Museum Victoria, the Atlas of Victorian Wildlife, Portland Field Naturalists’ Club records and anecdotal sources. Field surveys were conducted to determine the current distribution of I. obesulus in the study area based on evidence of its foraging activity. The historical records reveal limited information: most are clustered around centres of human activity, indicating observational bias. The field surveys demonstrate that I. obesulus occurs in the Portland region as a series of local populations. Each local population is associated with a patch of remnant native vegetation separated from neighbouring patches by dispersal barriers. Within these habitat remnants the occurrence of the species is sporadic. Approximately 69% of the potential habitat is managed by the Forests Service, 31% is managed by Parks Victoria, and less than 0.5% is held under other tenures. Spatial isolation of habitat remnants, fires and feral predators are the main threats to I. obesulus in the Portland region.
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Tumuhairwe, Ronald, and Arthur Ahimbisibwe. "Procurement records compliance, effective risk management and records management performance." Records Management Journal 26, no. 1 (March 21, 2016): 83–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rmj-06-2015-0024.
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Purpose – Procurement records are critical for the effective execution of the procurement process and have been applied as tools to measure compliance and performance of Public Procuring and Disposing Entities (PDEs) by the regulating authority in Uganda – the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA). However, the state of records in various Ugandan PDEs depicts poor records management. This situation has adversely affected the effective creation, usage and storage of public procurement records. This compromises the value and importance of records within the procurement process, with most documents being unavailable and unreliable. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between procurement records compliance, effective risk management and records management performance in Ugandan PDEs. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted a quantitative research design and used a cross-sectional survey. The researchers developed a questionnaire on the study constructs of procurement records compliance, effective risk management and records management performance using measurement scales derived from previous empirical studies which were modified to suit the current study. Findings – The results indicate quantitative evidence of significant positive relationships between procurement records compliance, effective risk management and records management performance. Findings also reveal that procurement records compliance and effective risk management are significant predictors of record management performance. The results also suggest that effective risk management has a stronger influence on records management performance than that on procurement records compliance. Research limitations/implications – The study context is sub-Saharan Africa, and the findings are, therefore, limited to that context; they reflect existing knowledge in other contexts. The use of a standard questionnaire limited the ability to collect views about information outside the questions asked. The study was only cross-sectional, and the study variables could not be analyzed over a long time. Common methods bias remains a potential threat; future studies should use different source data. Practical implications – Custodians of procurement records, that is, procurement officers, records officers and accounting officers for Ugandan PDEs need to pay special attention to prevailing records laws and policies to minimize risks associated with the poor management of records, as well as improve performance in the management of records creation, storage, retrieval, access and the preservation of vital records. Originality/value – The study contributes to an important area which has not been given attention in the context of sub-Saharan Africa, especially Uganda where there is a difficulty of linking the value of records management to business processes due to a lack of quantitative evidence.
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McDermott, Francis T., Gregory J. Cooper, Philip L. Hogan, Stephen M. Cordner, and Ann B. Tremayne. "Evaluation of the Prehospital Management of Road Traffic Fatalities in Victoria, Australia." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 20, no. 4 (August 2005): 219–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00002570.
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AbstractIntroduction:This study was undertaken to identify prehospital system and management deficiencies and preventable deaths between 01 January 1997 and 31 December 1998 in 243 consecutive Victorian road crash victims with fatal outcomes.Methods:The complete prehospital and hospital records, the deposition to the coroner, and autopsy findings were evaluated by computer analysis and peer group review with multidisciplinary discussion.Results:One-hundred eighty-seven (77%) patients had prehospital errors or inadequacies, of which 135 (67%) contributed to death. Three-hundred ninety-four (67%) related to management and 130 (22%) to system deficiencies. Technique errors, diagnosis delays, and errors relatively were infrequent. One of 24 deaths at the crash scene or en route to hospital was considered to be preventable and two potentially preventable.Conclusion:The high prevalence of prehospital deficiencies has been addressed by a Ministerial Task Force on Trauma and Emergency Services and followed by the introduction of a new trauma care system in Victoria.
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Pijuk Pejčić, Aleksandra. "The Significance of Archival Selection and Disposal." Moderna arhivistika 1, no. 2 (June 1, 2018): 295–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.54356/ma/2018/wjon7123.
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Today, in an overproduction of documents, it is necessary to be able to differentiate between important and unimportant; it is necessary to be able to properly select archival records and to dispose of current records. The processes of selection and disposal are very important in the system of protection of materials whose final goal is preservation of archival records and their transfer to the Archives. Although there are several measures ensuring the proper creators' procedures implementation, it is a very complex and responsible work for the Archives Advisory Board, because it must remove all the possibilities of an improper creators' disposal. In this article, we will describe the significance and the procedure of selection of archival records and disposal of current records in the records management under the supervision of the Historical Archives Sarajevo with all their advantages and disadvantages.
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Ajiboye, Bosede Adebimpe, Olubunmi Gabriel Alegbeleye, Sarah Okonedo, Wuraola Janet Oyedipe, Sunday Oluwafemi Emmanuel, and Mariam Kehinde Alawiye. "Records management practices in the administration of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)." Records Management Journal 26, no. 1 (March 21, 2016): 4–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rmj-01-2015-0005.
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine records management practices as factors influencing the administration of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted the causal-comparative research design of the ex post facto type. The multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. A four-point Likert scale questionnaire that ranged from strongly disagree, disagree, agree and strongly agree was used to collect data. Three research questions were raised and answered. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings – The outcome shows the various records management practices that the Church engaged in which include the creation, maintenance, ease of access to, use, preservation and final disposal of the records. Other findings of the study also revealed the joint influence (positive relationship) of records management practices (records creation, use, maintenance and retention or disposal) on the administration of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) to be significant which follows that there is a significant positive relationship between records management practices and administration of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). Also, it is only record use (β = 0.27; t = 5.53; p < 0.05) that has a significant relative influence on the Church of Nigeria’s (Anglican Communion) administration. Others like record creation or received (β = 0.02; t = 0.28; p > 0.05), records maintenance (β = −0.06; t = −0.93; p > 0.05) and records retention or disposal (β = 0.11; t = 1.76; p > 0.05) have no significant influence on the church administration. Therefore, it is only records use that can predict or influence the administration of Anglican Church positively. Originality/value – The study is the original findings of the authors.
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Paterson, John. "Water Management and Recreational Values; Some Cases in Victoria, Australia." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0021.
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The growing recognition of recreational and amenity demands on water systems introduces a multitude of issues, many of them complex, to the established tasks of water quality management and water management generally. Victorian case studies are presented. They (1) illustrate the range and diversity of situations that can arise in managing competition and enhancing compatibility between traditional water supply objectives and recreational demands. (2) Fluctuation of storage levels, essential to storage operations, detract from recreational value. Recreational and tourism demands upon Lake Hume have grown to threaten traditional operating flexibility. (3) Mokoan is another such instance, but with its supply function in a state of flux, Lake Mokoan provides more scope for a shift in the balance. (4) Salinity management has become an issue in the management of lakes and wetlands when water supply interests and environmental/recreation interests respectively have different perspectives on salt disposal. (5) Recreational use of town supply sources has long been a vexed issue, although marked shifts in the attitudues of many supply authorities have occurred in recent years. (6) Eutrophication of lakes and estuaries raises difficult issues of responsibility and scientific uncertainty, and the water management connection may be tenuous but will attract public attention. (7) The water body attributes valued by specialised recreational interests require definition in terms that water managers can deal with using routine techniques of systems analysis and evaluation. (8) The demands of the fish population and anglers introduce a new perspective in river management and perceptions of instream values are changing markedly. (9) Direct costs of recreational services supplied by water authorities are not fully accounted: allocation choices and fiscal incidence will emerge as issues of significance. (10) These case studies raise only a fraction of the total range of matters that will, in the years to come, tax the technology and political skills of governments and management.
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Norman, CP. "Effect of groundwater pump management on reclaiming salinised land in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 35, no. 2 (1995): 215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea9950215.
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In 1985, groundwater pumping from shallow aquifers, with off-farm disposal, began near Girgarre in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria, to provide salinity control to about 1000 ha of farming land. Two groundwater pumps (TI02 and T103) ran continuously for the first 5 years of the project before reverting to intermittent pumping. The operation of a third pump (T103) was based on the capacity for disposal into an evaporation basin. Following 3 years of groundwater pumping, significant reductions in root-zone (0-0.6 m) soil salinity levels were recorded in both annual and perennial pasture paddocks within 350 m of a pump. Yields of perennial pasture on all monitored paddocks showed a significant increase after commencement of the project. In a paddock 300 m from a groundwater pump, average dry matter production increased from 6.3 to 17.2 t/ha. year within 4 years of pumping. Reclamation was reduced by more than a year on paddocks not subjected to irrigation, or those located >800 m from a groundwater pump. Once reclamation was achieved from continuous pumping, the introduction of intermittent pumping continued to maintain optimum soil salinity and pasture production levels on the irrigated paddocks. However, on a dryland paddock and those located >800 m from a pump, increasing fluctuations in soil salinity and soil sodicity levels were measured under this management regime.
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Cavalli, Rosa Maria, Giovanni Laneve, Lorenzo Fusilli, Stefano Pignatti, and Federico Santini. "Remote sensing water observation for supporting Lake Victoria weed management." Journal of Environmental Management 90, no. 7 (May 2009): 2199–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.07.036.
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Ritchie, Julie. "Privacy Officer: A Role for Health Information Managers." Health Information Management 30, no. 4 (December 2002): 14–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183335830203000409.
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Health information managers (HIMs) are experts in the protection and management of health information within patient records and information systems. New privacy legislation in Australia has raised the importance of this protection and a new role of Privacy Officer is evolving. HIMs are well positioned to take on this role and its associated responsibilities. Here, a Privacy Officer from Victoria provides an insight into the position and its opportunities.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Records disposal Victoria Management"
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Mathebeni-, Bokwe Pyrene. "Management of medical records for healthcare service delivery at the Victoria Public Hospital in the Eastern Cape Province :South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/6517.
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The study sought to investigate the management of medical records for healthcare service at the Victoria Public Hospital in the Eastern Cape Province. The objectives of the study were to describe the present records management practices in Victoria Hospital; find out the existing infrastructure for the management of patient medical records at the Victoria Hospital; determine the compliance of patient medical records management in Victoria Hospital with relevant national legislative and regulatory framework; find out the security of patient medical records at the Victoria Hospital. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed. The sample was drawn from the service providers and from the healthcare service users. Questionnaires, interviews and observation were used to collect data. The findings showed that Victoria Hospital uses manual records management system in the creation, maintenance and usage of records. In the findings, there were challenges related to misfiling and missing patient folders which sometimes lead to the creation of new patient folders. Also, the study discovered that the time spent in the retrieval of patient folders could negatively affect the timely delivery of healthcare services. The study recommended the adoption of electronic records management system as most public healthcare institutions in the country are rapidly shifting to electronic records management system. The use of electronic records management system is believed to be efficiently and effectively promoting easy accessibility, retrieval of patient medical records and allows easy communication amongst the healthcare service institutions and healthcare practitioners.
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Chaterera, Forget. "Records survey and the management of public records in Zimbabwe." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11961.
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The study investigated the role of records surveys in the management of public records
in Zimbabwe. The goal was to determine how far records surveys were going in
enhancing sound records management practices, thereby improving public service
delivery, accountability and good governance. Through interviews, questionnaires and
document review it was revealed that records surveys were struggling to attain their
intended goal of nurturing sound records management practices in public registries. The
lack of ideal mission statements, registry manuals, written disaster management plans,
vital records protection programmes, adequate records management training, records
retention and disposal schedules, top management support, financial constraints and
unclear archival legislation were cited as some of the challenges affecting records and
information management surveys from nurturing acceptable records management
practices. A closer working relationship between the National Archives and public
records management units was recommended.Information Science
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Chaterera, Forget. "Records surveys and the management of public records in Zimbabwe." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11961.
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The study investigated the role of records surveys in the management of public records
in Zimbabwe. The goal was to determine how far records surveys were going in
enhancing sound records management practices, thereby improving public service
delivery, accountability and good governance. Through interviews, questionnaires and
document review it was revealed that records surveys were struggling to attain their
intended goal of nurturing sound records management practices in public registries. The
lack of ideal mission statements, registry manuals, written disaster management plans,
vital records protection programmes, adequate records management training, records
retention and disposal schedules, top management support, financial constraints and
unclear archival legislation were cited as some of the challenges affecting records and
information management surveys from nurturing acceptable records management
practices. A closer working relationship between the National Archives and public
records management units was recommended.Information Science
M. Inf. (Archival Science)
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Shibambu, Badimuni Amos. "Digital curation of records in the cloud to support e-government services in South Africa." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26981.
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Many scholars lament of poor infrastructure to manage and preserve digital records
within the public sector in South Africa to support electronic government (egovernment).
For example, in South Africa, the national archives’ repository and its
subsidiary provincial archives do not have infrastructure to ingest digital records into
archival custody. As a result, digital records are left to the creating agencies to manage
and preserve. The problem is compounded by the fact that very few public sector
organisations in South Africa have procured systems to manage digital records.
Therefore, a question is how are digital records managed and stored in these
organisations to support e-government? Do public organisations entrust their records to
the cloud as an alternative storage given the fact that both physical and virtual storages
are a problem? If they do, how do they ensure accessibility, governance, security and
long-term preservation of records in the cloud? Utilising the Digital Curation Centre
(DCC) Lifecycle Model as a guiding framework, this qualitative study sought to
explore digital curation of records in the cloud to support e-government services in
South Africa with the view to propose a framework that would guide the public sector
to migrate records to the cloud storage. Semi-structured interviews were employed to
collect data from the purposively selected Chief Information Officers in the national
government departments that have implemented some of the electronic services such
as the Department of Arts and Culture, Department of Home Affairs, Department of
Higher Education and Training and the Department of Basic Education.
Furthermore, the National Archives and Records Services of South Africa was also
chosen as it is charged with the statutory regulatory role of records management in
governmental bodies. So is the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), a public
sector ICT company established in 1999 to consolidate and coordinate the state’s
information technology resources in order to achieve cost savings through scale,
increase delivery capabilities and enhance interoperability. Interview data were
augmented through document analysis of legislation and policies pertaining to data
storage. Data were analysed thematically and interpreted in accordance with the
objectives of the study. The key finding suggests that although public servants
informally and unconsciously put some records in the clouds, government departments in South Africa are sceptical to entrust their records to the cloud due to a number of
reasons, such as lack of policy and legislative framework, lack of trust to the cloud
storage, jurisdiction, legal implications, privacy, ownership and security risks. This
study recommends that given the evolution of technology, the government should
regulate cloud storage through policy and legislative promulgation, as well as
developing a government-owned cloud managed through SITA in order for all
government departments to use it. This study suggests a framework to migrate paperbased
records to cloud storage that is controlled by the government.Information Science
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Books on the topic "Records disposal Victoria Management"
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Auditor-General, Victoria Office of the. Records management in the Victorian public sector. Melbourne, Vic: Victorian Government Printer, 2008.
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Officers, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions. Retention of records: A guide for retention and disposal of student records. Washington, D.C: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, 1987.
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Canada, Public Archives. General records disposal schedules of the Government of Canada. 4th ed. [Ottawa]: Public Archives Canada, 1986.
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Branch, Public Archives Canada Record Management. General records disposal schedules of the Government of Canada. 4th ed. [Ottawa]: Public Archives Canada, 1986.
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Weeks, Kent M. Record retention and disposal: A manual for college decision makers. Nashville, Tenn: College Legal Information, 2006.
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Committee, Victoria Parliament Public Accounts and Estimates. Report on the review of the Auditor-General's performance audit report no. 65 - reducing landfill: waste management by municipal councils: Fifty fifth report to the Parliament. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer, 2004.
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United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Records scheduling and disposition in the National Mediation Board: A NARA evaluation. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
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Fran, Macdonald, Western Regional Waste Management Group (Victoria), Monash University. Centre for Innovation in Waste Management., Green Innovations, and Economist at Large and Assocates., eds. Regulating waste: Research into government measures to encourage minimisation and recycling of post-consumer wastes in Australia : final report for the Western Regional Waste Management Group, Victoria. Melbourne: Dept. of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, 1996.
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Great, Britain Department of Health and Social Services Northern Ireland Efficiency Services Branch. Organisation and methods surveyinto the Medical Records Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Royal Group of Hospitals Unit of Management. [Belfast]: [DHSS], 1986.
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Victoria. Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner. Mr C's case: Report of an investigation pursuant to Part 6 of the Information Privacy Act 2000 into Victoria Police and Department of Justice in relation to the security of personal information in the Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) and E* Justice databases. Melbourne: Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner, 2006.
Find full textBook chapters on the topic "Records disposal Victoria Management"
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Gisesa, Lilian. "Management of Electronic Records in Universities." In Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development, 262–76. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2527-2.ch014.
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The chapter starts with an introduction as to what electronic record are, giving an overview of the Kenyan situation in institutions of higher learning starting at the kind of electronic records that are kept, which are accessed, the most frequently used, if there is any electronic management system in place, any guidelines, people leading the e-records agenda disposal and preservation, and finally, the future thinking in the e-records agenda. Thereafter, the chapter recommend some ways forward and a conclusion.
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Netshakhuma, Nkholedzeni Sidney. "An Integrated Approach to Records Management and Information Governance in South Africa for Sustainability." In Intellectual Capital as a Precursor to Sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility, 36–50. IGI Global, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6815-9.ch003.
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The purpose of this book chapter is to assess information governance in South African organizations. The book chapter assess corporate governance, data privacy, legislation, information security, big data, access, and training. The success of corporate governance is dependent on executive management buy in, the alignment of organisational strategy with mission, and the vision of the organisation. Organisations are to implement systematic disposal of records, effective retention of records, and quality assurance should be proven.
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Abankwah, Ruth Mpatawuwa. "Managing Audio-Visual Resources in Selected Developed and Developing Countries." In Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation, 126–49. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3137-1.ch007.
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This chapter emphasises that audio-visual (AV) resources are very fragile and need to be stored in ideal conditions to preserve them for posterity. It describes different types of AV materials and the conditions under which they should be kept. It is based on a study that was conducted in the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA) region. Data were gathered using quantitative and qualitative methods. The results revealed lack of equipment to monitor environmental conditions, absence of policies to govern the acquisition, appraisal, access, preservation, retention, digitisation and disposal of AV materials, and failure to apply the records life cycle (or any model) to AV records. The results point to a need for national archives to develop guidelines that apply to AV materials particularly in Africa. Particular attention should be given to training AV archivists in the region using an integrated curriculum.
Conference papers on the topic "Records disposal Victoria Management"
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Ueda, Hiroyoshi, Satoru Suzuki, Katsuhiko Ishiguro, Kiyoshi Oyamada, Shoko Yashio, Matt White, and Roger Wilmot. "NUMO-RMS: A Practical Requirements Management System for the Long-Term Management of the Deep Geological Disposal Project." In ASME 2009 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2009-16304.
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NUMO (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan) has the responsibility for implementing deep geological disposal of high-level (HLW) and transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste from the Japanese nuclear programme. A formal Requirements Management System (RMS) is planned to efficiently and effectively support the computerised implementation of the management strategy and the methodology required to drive the step-wise siting processes, and the following repository operational phase. The RMS will help in the comprehensive management of the decision-making processes in the geological disposal project, in change management as the disposal system is optimised, in driving projects such as the R&D programme efficiently, and in maintaining structured records regarding past decisions, all of which lead to soundness of the project in terms of long-term continuity. The system is planned to have information handling and management functions using a database that includes the decisions/requirements in the programme under consideration, the way in which these are structured in terms of the decision-making process and other associated information. A two-year development programme is underway to develop and enhance an existing trial RMS to a practical system. Functions for change management, history management and association with the external timeline management system are being implemented in the system development work. The database format is being improved to accommodate the requirements management data relating to the facility design and to safety assessment of the deep geological repository. This paper will present an outline of the development work with examples to demonstrate the system’s practicality. In parallel with the system/database developments, a case research of the use of requirements management in radioactive waste disposal projects was undertaken to identify key issues in the development of an RMS for radioactive waste disposal and specify a number of use cases to guide the overall development of the system. The findings of the case research will also be shown in the paper to provide general information on the application of an RMS in a radioactive waste disposal programme, the difficulties of successful implementation and suggestions on how these difficulties can be overcome.
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Davis, John C., Mike Jones, and John Roderique. "Planning for Greater Levels of Diversion That Including Energy Recovery for the Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority, California Region." In 17th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/nawtec17-2342.
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The Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority is a California Joint Powers Authority (the JPA), consisting of nine communities in California’s San Bernardino County high desert and mountain region. In August 2008 the JPA contracted with Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) to prepare the Victor Valley Resource Management Strategy (Resource Management Strategy). Working with RRT Design and Construction, Inc. (RRT), GBB prepared a coordinated forward-looking strategy to guide the JPA’s future program and facilities decisions. The Resource Management Strategy focused on the Town of Apple Valley, population 70,092, and the City of Victorville, population 107,408, the two largest JPA member communities, which have a combined total of more than 130,000 tons per year of material entering the JPA’s recycling system and the Victorville Landfill. The Resource Management Strategy is underpinned by a characterization of waste loads delivered to the Victorville Landfill. A visual characterization was carried out by RRT in September/October 2008. RRT engineers identified proportions of materials recoverable for recycling and composting among all loads collected from residential and non-residential generators for a full week, nearly 300 loads total. The JPA financed and manages the operations contract for the highly automated Victor Valley Material Recovery Facility (MRF). The MRF today receives and processes an average of 130 tons per day (tpd), five days per week, of single stream paper and containers and recyclable-rich commercial waste loads. The waste characterization indicated that as much as 80 percent of loads of residential and commercial waste currently landfilled could be processed for recycling and composting in a combination manual and automated sorting facility. Residue from the MRF, which is predominated by paper, would provide potential feedstock for an energy recovery project; however, the JPA has two strategies regarding process residue. The first strategy is to reduce residue rates from existing deliveries, to optimize MRF operations. An assessment of the MRF conducted by RRT indicated that residue rates could be reduced, although this material would continue to be rich in combustible materials. The second strategy is to increase recovery for recycling by expanding the recyclable-rich and organics-dense waste load deliveries to the MRF and/or a composting facility. The Resource Management Strategy provided a conceptual design and cost that identified projected capital and operations costs that would be incurred to expand the MRF processing system for the program expansion. Based on the waste composition analysis, residue from a proposed system was estimated. This residue also would be rich in combustible materials. The December 2008 California Scoping Plan is the roadmap for statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts. The Scoping Plan specifically calls out mandatory commercial recycling, expanded organics composting (particularly food residue), and inclusion of anaerobic digestion as renewable energy. The Resource Management Strategy sets the stage for JPA programs to address Scoping Plan mandates and priorities. California Public Resources Code Section 40051(b) requires that communities: Maximize the use of all feasible source reduction, recycling, and composting options in order to reduce the amount of solid waste that must be disposed of by transformation and land disposal. For wastes that cannot feasibly be reduced at their source, recycled, or composted, the local agency may use environmentally safe transformation or environmentally safe land disposal, or both of those practices. Moreover, Section 41783(b) only allows transformation diversion credit (10 percent of the 50 percent required) if: The transformation project uses front-end methods or programs to remove all recyclable materials from the waste stream prior to transformation to the maximum extent feasible. Finally, prior to permitting a new transformation facility the California Integrated Waste Management Board is governed by Section 41783(d), which requires that CIWMB: “Hold a public hearing in the city, county, or regional agency jurisdiction within which the transformation project is proposed, and, after the public hearing, the board makes both of the following findings, based upon substantial evidence on the record: (1) The city, county, or regional agency is, and will continue to be, effectively implementing all feasible source reduction, recycling, and composting measures. (2) The transformation project will not adversely affect public health and safety or the environment.” The Resource Management Strategy assessed two cement manufacturers located in the high desert region for their potential to replace coal fuel with residue from the MRF and potentially from other waste quantities generated in the region. Cement kilns are large consumers of fossil fuels, operate on a continuous basis, and collectively are California’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. The Resource Management Strategy also identified further processing requirements for size reduction and screening to remove non-combustible materials and produce a feasible refuse derived fuel (RDF). A conceptual design system to process residue and supply RDF to a cement kiln was developed, as were estimated capital and operating costs to implement the RDF production system. The Resource Management Strategy addressed the PRC requirement that “all feasible source reduction, recycling and composting measures” are implemented prior to approving any new “transformation” facility. This planning effort also provided a basis for greenhouse gas reduction analysis, consistent with statewide initiatives to reduce landfill disposal. This paper will report on the results of this planning and the decisions made by the JPA, brought current to the time of the conference.
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Cummings, Richard, Andrew J. Baker, Trevor Sumerling, John Shevelan, and Amy Huntington. "The LLWR’s 2011 Environmental Safety Case." In ASME 2011 14th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2011-59135.
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The UK’s Low Level Waste Repository Ltd submitted an Environmental Safety Case (ESC) for the disposal of low-level waste to the Environment Agency on the 1st of May 2011. The ESC is a major submission that will decide the future use of the Repository and has major implications for the success of the UK’s LLW Strategy and decommissioning programme. This paper provides an overview of the work that has been carried out to support the submission. Key aspects of this ESC include: • detailed investigations of existing disposals, based on careful examination of existing records and other investigations, including interviews with former operational staff; • analysis of uncertainties in future disposals; • modelling of the biogeochemical evolution of the disposal system, which provides understanding of the evolution of pH, Eh and gas generation and thence underpinning for radionuclide releases in groundwater and gas; • development of a 3-D groundwater flow model, calibrated against observed heads and with a detailed representation of the engineered features; • analysis of coastal erosion and its impacts; • a major focus on optimisation based on detailed technical studies; • a conclusion that existing disposals do not require remediation; • the choice of a concrete vault design with permeable side walls designed to avoid bathtubbing after the end of management control; • a comprehensive set of assessment calculations, including thorough analysis of uncertainties, which demonstrate consistency with the Environment Agency’s risk and dose guidance levels; • revision of the LLWR’s WAC, based in part on the use of the ‘sum of fractions’ approach; • the use of a safety case document structure that emphasises key safety arguments in a Level 1 document and provides supporting evidence in a series of Level 2 documents; • the provision of a Level 2 document that describes in detail how each aspect of the regulatory guidance has been addressed. In the future, the 2011 ESC will be maintained using a formal system of change control. It will be used as a tool for decision making concerning the future development of the LLWR and waste acceptance.
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Garcia, Justo, and Hervé Issard. "Ageing Management of Dry Storage Systems for Long-Term Storage." In 2014 22nd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone22-31118.
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Nuclear reactors generate used nuclear fuel, which needs to be safely managed. After discharge from operating nuclear reactors, the used nuclear fuel stored during a certain period of time in reactor pool is removed for reprocessing, disposal, or storage elsewhere. A need for additional storage exists because of delays in used nuclear fuel disposition decisions and the continually increasing volume of used nuclear fuel discharged from reactors. Interim storage of used nuclear fuel is an essential part of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle providing nuclear safety and ensuring protection to the public. Interim storage of used nuclear fuel currently used includes: • Dry storage in vaults, casks and containers • Wet storage, in silos, pools, outside reactor operating areas Interim dry storage systems were originally designed for limited periods, generally 40–60 years. Interim dry storage is safe as shown by important industrial feedback and the operational records, even from severe accidents. With extended interim dry storage, technical and safety investigations are presently being carried out concerning used nuclear fuel behavior, and the storage structures and their system components to demonstrate and justify the ability of the systems to store safely and securely the used nuclear fuel for a much longer period of time. These investigations are part of the ageing management program for the storage system which should address a description of the ageing that could adversely affect structures and components important to safety. This paper provides highlights of issues related to managing effects on dry cask storage systems for long-term interim storage and transportation of used nuclear fuel.
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Tsai, Hanchung, Yung Y. Liu, Mark Nutt, and James Shuler. "Advanced Surveillance Technologies for Used Fuel Long-Term Storage and Transportation." In ASME 2011 14th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2011-59032.
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Utilities worldwide are using dry-cask storage systems to handle the ever-increasing number of discharged fuel assemblies from nuclear power plants. In the United States and possibly elsewhere, this trend will continue until an acceptable disposal path is established. The recent Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, specifically the events with the storage pools, may accelerate the drive to relocate more of the used fuel assemblies from pools into dry casks. Many of the newer cask systems incorporate dual-purpose (storage and transport) or multiple-purpose (storage, transport, and disposal) canister technologies. With the prospect looming for very long term storage — possibly over multiple decades — and deferred transport, condition- and performance-based aging management of cask structures and components is now a necessity that requires immediate attention. From the standpoint of consequences, one of the greatest concerns is the rupture of a substantial number of fuel rods that would affect fuel retrievability. Used fuel cladding may become susceptible to rupture due to radial-hydride-induced embrittlement caused by water-side corrosion during the reactor operation and subsequent drying/transfer process, through early stage of storage in a dry cask, especially for high burnup fuels. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an automated data capture and remote-sensing technology ideally suited for monitoring sensitive assets on a long-term, continuous basis. One such system, called ARG-US, has been developed by Argonne National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Packaging Certification Program for tracking and monitoring drums containing sensitive nuclear and radioactive materials. The ARG-US RFID system is versatile and can be readily adapted for dry-cask monitoring applications. The current built-in sensor suite consists of seal, temperature, humidity, shock, and radiation sensors. With the universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter interface in the tag, other sensors can be easily added as needed. The system can promptly generate alarms when any of the sensor thresholds are violated. For performance and compliance records, the ARGUS RFID tags incorporate nonvolatile memories for storing sensory data and history events. Over the very long term, to affirmatively monitor the condition of the cask interior (particularly the integrity of cover gas and fuel-rod cladding), development of enabling technologies for such monitoring would be required. These new technologies may include radiation-hardened sensors, in-canister energy harvesting, and wireless means of transmitting the sensor data out of the canister/cask.
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McTeer, Jennifer, Jenny Morris, Stephen Wickham, Gary Bolton, James McKinney, Darrell Morris, Mike Angus, Gavin Cann, and Tracey Binks. "Establishing a Store Baseline During Interim Storage of Waste Packages and a Review of Potential Technologies for Baselining." In ASME 2013 15th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2013-96333.
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Interim storage is an essential component of the waste management lifecycle, providing a safe, secure environment for waste packages awaiting final disposal. In order to be able to monitor and detect change or degradation of the waste packages, storage building or equipment, it is necessary to know the original condition of these components (the “waste-storage system”). This paper presents an approach to establishing the baseline for a waste-storage system, and provides guidance on the selection and implementation of potential baselining technologies. The approach is made up of two sections; assessment of baselining needs and definition of baselining approach. During the assessment of baselining needs a review of available monitoring data and store/package records should be undertaken (if the store is operational). Evolutionary processes (affecting safety functions), and their corresponding indicators, that can be measured to provide a baseline for the waste-storage system should then be identified in order for the most suitable indicators to be selected for baselining. In defining the approach, identification of opportunities to collect data and constraints is undertaken before selecting the techniques for baselining and developing a baselining plan. Baselining data may be used to establish that the state of the packages is consistent with the waste acceptance criteria for the storage facility and to support the interpretation of monitoring and inspection data collected during store operations. Opportunities and constraints are identified for different store and package types. Technologies that could potentially be used to measure baseline indicators are also reviewed.
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Fellingham, Lorimar, Andrew Graham, and Steven Stiff. "Characterisation and Remediation of Beryllium Waste Pits in the Southern Storage Area at Harwell." In ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2003-4861.
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The Southern Storage Area at UKAEA’s Harwell site was used from the late 1940’s through until the late 1980’s for the storage, packaging and disposal of various radioactive and chemical wastes. These included beryllium-contaminated wastes arising primarily from the decommissioning of redundant beryllium fabrication facilities. The latter were buried in five unlined, shallow trenches, each being ∼40–50 m long by 6 m wide and 3–4 m deep. An environmental assessment identified three feasible options for the future of these “Beryllium” Pits. These were full excavation with removal of their contents and surroundings, capping and long-term care and maintenance. These options were studied more extensively to select the best practicable environmental option (BPEO), which was excavation. This paper describes in detail the characterisation and remediation approaches used in identifying, planning and successfully implementing that option. It also compares the actual waste arisings in nature, form and quantities with the expectations from the characterisation investigations. At the project commencement limited information existed from records and past trial pitting on the form and contents of the pits. Thus much more extensive characterisation was necessary to determine their dimensions, identify waste types, volumes and disposal routes and quantify potential hazards for any excavations. The characterisation programme involved planning, setting up a site infrastructure, site clearance, non-intrusive surveying and intrusive characterisation by coring. The pit areas and their immediate surroundings were monitored for radiological contamination, followed by geophysical surveys using magnetometry and ground penetrating radar. Primary and secondary containment systems were then constructed over the pits before coring, sampling and analysis on a predefined grid. There was significant beryllium contamination in all pits with some limited contamination by heavy metals, including mercury, and radionuclides. There were also trace levels of volatile organic solvents. These data provided the basis for planning the remediation. The remediation was successfully undertaken to achieve as a minimum a set of remediation targets for residual chemical and radioactive contamination. These targets were determined from site-specific risk assessments, best practice and waste limits. Each pit was remediated within a sealed and ventilated primary containment inside a secondary weatherproof containment building. A horizontal mining approach was adopted to pit excavation with a small excavator initially placed in a launch pit constructed immediately outside the pit. The excavator worked along the pit removing thin layers of waste from an inclined face ahead of it. The waste was placed into bags on trolleys on rails. It was removed via a posting port. After removal of all of the contents and hazardous materials, the containment was removed. Any further excavation required to meet the remediation targets was undertaken in bulk in the open. After verification sampling the remediation was completed by inserting a low permeability barrier of clay and a bentonite geotextile into the base of the pit and backfilling with compacted clean soil. The remediation was completed with successful achievement of all remediation criteria and minimal impacts on the operators, public and environment.
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Chard, P. M. J., M. Brown, P. D. McClelland, N. Hopes, T. W. Turner, and S. N. Watson. "Optimisation of Non Destructive Assay Equipment for Intermediate Level Waste in the B462.27 Vault Store at Harwell." In ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2003-4820.
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The UKAEA owns and operates a suite of cells designed to process and repackage Remote Handleable Intermediate Level Waste (RH-ILW) at the Harwell site in the UK. Cans of RH-ILW are retrieved and assayed using Non Destructive Assay (NDA) prior to repackaging in Nirex approved drums for interim above — ground storage, and eventual disposal in a national repository. The NDA system comprises a combined passive/active neutron interrogator (NI) and also a gamma spectrometer (GS). The results are used in conjunction with an expert system to aid the reconciliation between the declared / historical records and measured fissile mass and β/γ radionuclide inventories. The assay system was originally designed to accommodate the unique diverse range of waste streams, which are stored within B462. To this end, a key feature of the design was the inclusion of state of the art features such as matrix compensation, fissile material location correction, and self-shielding compensation for the active cycle of the neutron interrogator. The systems were originally designed and calibrated in the laboratory during the early 1990’s. Commissioning proceeded through staged acceptance tests and commissioning trials for the equipment. Active commissioning using selected real waste drums has recently been completed, and the UKAEA is now operating the plant under a testing phase of full trial operations. The UKAEA is rapidly gaining experience in both the operation of the equipment, and its performance for various waste streams. This has led to a number of recommendations for significant improvements with respect to both the mode of operation, and the physics algorithms. By modifying the operating procedures, it is possible to improve the level of management control over the interpretation of the assay results, so that a greater degree of confidence can be demonstrated in the conclusions drawn. The approach has been to streamline the use of all the available information (historical records, assay and expert system data), coupled with extensive operator training, in order to ensure that operations staff are in control of the decision–making process. Sentencing decisions are now made using a proceduralised, open framework / methodology using the experience gained from the commissioning trials to provide extensive operator training, thereby eliminating the risks associated with previous “black box” treatment of expert systems. Technical changes include, for example, a simplification of the treatment of self-shielding in lumps of fissile material, leading to more robust data interpretation, and substantial throughput improvements. In establishing the new procedures and system enhancements, the UKAEA is following the new national Good Practice Guide for NDA measurements. In this paper, we describe the approach being followed to identify and implement these changes, as well as describing some of the important changes in some detail. We also describe UKAEA’s plans to undertake a comprehensive system refurbishment, in order to modernise the equipment for increased throughout and minimal plant down–time, using supportable high reliability components. This will also maximise the operational lifetime of the equipment.
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Yu, John P., Chengwei Lei, Duncan Wong, Jason Choi, and Jason Cotton. "Blockchain Applications in Oilfield Underground Injection Operations." In International Petroleum Technology Conference. IPTC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/iptc-21786-ms.
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Abstract This research project has successfully built a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) based prototype using R3 Corda open source. Its purpose applies in the oil & gas underground injection control (UIC) operations for the underground aquifer protection. This DLT prototype is a permissioned network that allows oil & gas companies to create, disseminate, and trace immutable records. The network enables oil and gas companies, government regulatory agency, and all other participants to share secure records such as well information while maintaining data integrity, traceability, and security. The purpose is to create a network of trust among all the stakeholders in the UIC processes for underground aquifer protection. In this DLT network, a company submits well information, which will be digitally signed and notarized. Unauthorized changes to the information, ownership, or history will become infeasible, thanks to the underlying cryptographic technologies of DLT. The network designs so that information stored and communicated will have a high level of trustworthiness. Every participant in the network can get simultaneous access to a common view of the data. Corda platform also provides multiple functionalities, e.g., Smart contract, Vault, Identity Management, Scheduler, Notary Services, etc. Many of the functionalities automate the data processing within the DLT databases. This project's results expect to enhance public safety and improve the aquifer protection review and operational processes. Kern County uniquely poises for a project to develop more streamlined, effective, and entirely digitized DLT-based workflows that will secure regional environmental data integrity. Water contamination is a primary concern in a region where water and petroleum play vital roles in the economy. Both industries and regulatory agencies pay close attention to environmental quality. Data integrity is a primary issue concern for those that monitor and analyze environmental data. Monitoring and forecasting based on available immutable data are imperative to mitigate complications. We have changed the manual workflow into DLT applications which takes advantage of built-in functionalities. The new review process can avoid repetitive reviews among all participants and shorten the approval time. The embedded smart contracts on the DLT network will also help automate the workflows, and therefore, will be able to help eliminate human errors and improve the turnaround time. The prototype model proves the concept of using DLT. Our research work demonstrates DLT successfully implement into energy technology. The prototype model will further expand to all the UIC processes, such as thermal, wastewater disposal, waterflood, gas injection & disposal, etc. It is a substantial cost and time savings for all the oil and gas companies. The results of this analysis could provide the government with valuable information for significant policy and regulation decisions to further benefit the community and society.
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Revilla, José L. "Materials and Site Release Policy in the Vandellós 1 NPP Decommissioning Program." In ASME 2001 8th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2001-1226.
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Abstract Decommissioning nuclear power plant causes an enormous amount of radioactive waste with very low level of contamination. A risk optimisation analysis would indicate that some of these residual materials need not to be handled, processed or disposed of with any reference to their radioactivity content, in order to allow more beneficial allocation for the limited social resources. This analysis could also be applied to the site liberation once a particular facility is decommissioned, remedial or restoration actions should be subjected to an optimisation process for selecting the best strategy of remedial measures. In order to make this release from regulatory control possible, it is necessary to establish conditions for the site or for these materials to be managed during their later reuse or final disposal. Authorisation for this release or clearance of control is a responsibility of the competent authority and, in the case of Spain, is carried out by the CSN (Spanish Nuclear Safety Council) on an “ad hoc” case by case analysis. Some personal considerations linked with the exemption policy and the application of radiological protection principles and criteria to the release authorisation of sites and solid materials generated within a regulated facility are presented in the paper. The main aim of this paper is to present the management options for very low level waste materials that are considered in the case of the Dismantling and Closure Plan authorisation granted for Vandellós 1 NPP decommissioning project. A framework consisting of three basic possibilities to apply clearance appears in the mentioned authorisation: • A first set of unconditional clearance levels N1 expressed in terms of gross activity concentration and surface contamination has been issued for unrestricted release of materials. Derived unconditional generic clearance levels, based on published international guidance, are also accepted. • Generic use of derived conditional clearance levels N2, based on “ad hoc” internationally published guidance, has been established for particular waste streams managed in well defined non regulated practices (metallic scrap recycling and concrete demolition debris). • The applicant may also propose candidate materials for other non-regulated route management practice, for which specific conditional clearance levels N3 can be issued by the Nuclear Safety Council. In all cases, control procedures have to be imposed to the licensee producing the residual materials that can be verified by the Safety Authority. They are based on the certification of the radionuclide content supported by quality controls and maintenance of records. There is not an official criterion, until now, for the remediation of land and liberation of the site, but probably the same radiological analysis will be used when evaluating the restoration plan application. A kind of “rubblization” is being considered by the licensee, using the above-mentioned third possibility for conditional clearance of the rubble produced in the dismantling of some particular buildings.