TY - JOUR
T1 - WASAN : the development of a facilitated methodology for structuring a waste minimisation problem
AU - Shaw, Duncan
AU - Blundell, Neil
PY - 2010/11/16
Y1 - 2010/11/16
N2 - This paper contributes a new methodology called Waste And Source-matter ANalyses (WASAN) which supports a group in building agreeable actions for safely minimising avoidable waste. WASAN integrates influences from the Operational Research (OR) methodologies/philosophies of Problem Structuring Methods, Systems Thinking, simulation modelling and sensitivity analysis as well as industry approaches of Waste Management Hierarchy, Hazard Operability (HAZOP) Studies and As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP). The paper shows how these influences are compiled into facilitative structures that support managers in developing recommendations on how to reduce avoidable waste production. WASAN is being designed as Health and Safety Executive Guidance on what constitutes good decision making practice for the companies that manage nuclear sites. In this paper we report and reflect on its use in two soft OR/problem structuring workshops conducted on radioactive waste in the nuclear industry. Crown
AB - This paper contributes a new methodology called Waste And Source-matter ANalyses (WASAN) which supports a group in building agreeable actions for safely minimising avoidable waste. WASAN integrates influences from the Operational Research (OR) methodologies/philosophies of Problem Structuring Methods, Systems Thinking, simulation modelling and sensitivity analysis as well as industry approaches of Waste Management Hierarchy, Hazard Operability (HAZOP) Studies and As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP). The paper shows how these influences are compiled into facilitative structures that support managers in developing recommendations on how to reduce avoidable waste production. WASAN is being designed as Health and Safety Executive Guidance on what constitutes good decision making practice for the companies that manage nuclear sites. In this paper we report and reflect on its use in two soft OR/problem structuring workshops conducted on radioactive waste in the nuclear industry. Crown
KW - group decisions/negotiations
KW - OR in energy
KW - problem structuring methods
KW - waste management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77953869443&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.04.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953869443
SN - 0377-2217
VL - 207
SP - 350
EP - 362
JO - European Journal of Operational Research
JF - European Journal of Operational Research
IS - 1
ER -