Clearance and Exemption Working Group (CEWG)

Welcome

The Clearance and Exemption Working Group (CEWG) is a nuclear industry working group that aims to:

(1) provide and foster a safe, responsible and sustainable approach to clearance and exemption issues amongst the major nuclear organisations in the United Kingdom, and

(2) contribute to the development of national and international legislation, standards and guidance as appropriate.

Membership of the CEWG is drawn from a combination of regulators, nuclear site license holders, nuclear operators and the service supply chain. Membership is regularly reviewed and is summarised on the 'About Us' page. Each member of the group acts as a point of contact for other interested parties. Enquiries may be sent to the group via the ‘Contact Us’ page.

CEWG has produced a Code of Practice on Clearance and Exemption Principles, Processes and Practices which has been widely adopted within the UK, and is officially published on this website.

We cannot achieve our overall objective (that of providing and fostering a safe, responsible and sustainable approach to clearance and exemption issues) without achieving dialogue and understanding amongst those who have an interest in this area. As part of this, CEWG has set up this website as one means of communicating with interested parties.

The site will undoubtedly change over time, and we welcome any comments on what it should contain.

In the meantime - happy browsing !!!

Chris Fayers
Chairman
CEWG

Objective

To provide and foster a safe, responsible and sustainable approach to clearance and exemption issues, and to contribute to the development of national and international legislation, standards and guidance as appropriate.

Aim

To ensure member organisations:

Address relevant policy, strategy issues on behalf of the organisations represented at the SDF;

Are aware of their legal responsibilities;

Do not release material in an inadvertent or inappropriate manner

Build trust in the member organisations’ ability to properly sentence and consign materials and items that are suitable for clearance from sites as exempt, excluded or clean in a socially responsible manner.

Terms of Reference

To formulate agreed industry policies and standards relating to the clearance and exemption of potentially radioactive material.

To monitor and respond to, as appropriate, proposed changes in international and national policy and guidance relating to the clearance and exemption of potentially radioactive material.

To share, develop and promulgate good practice relating to the clearance and exemption of potentially radioactive material.

To promote consistent industry practice by issuing and maintaining an industry Code of Practice.

On behalf of the Safety Directors’ Forum, to arbitrate on matters of interpretation in the application of the Industry Code of Practice.

To encourage the benchmarking of practices, processes and systems associated with clearance and exemption of potentially radioactive material.

To share lessons learnt, that might apply across the nuclear industry, with respect to clearance and exemption of potentially radioactive material.

To represent the industry at and on national and international meetings / working groups etc.