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Organisations on the ADMLC
ADMLC Terms of Reference

Organisations on the ADMLC

Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Environment and Heritage Service, Northern Ireland
Environment Agency
Food Standards Agency
GE Healthcare
Health and Safety Executive
Methodology and Standards Development Unit, Hazardous Installations Directorate
Nuclear Installations Inspectorate

http://www.hse.gov.uk/nsd/

Health Protection Agency

http://www.hpa.org.uk/

Home Office
Met Office
National Nuclear Corporation

Nuclear Department, HMS Sultan
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Shell Global Solutions
Westlakes Research Institute

The Chairman and Secretary are provided by NRPB.

ADMLC Terms of Reference

Areas of technical interest

ADMLC's main aim is to review current understanding of atmospheric dispersion and related phenomena for application primarily in authorization or licensing of discharges to atmosphere resulting from industrial, commercial or institutional sites. ADMLC is primarily concerned with dispersion from a particular regulated site or from discrete sources, and will not normally consider work in the following areas: traffic pollution, acid rain and ozone.
ADMLC is concerned both with releases under controlled conditions occurring at a constant rate over long periods, and with releases over shorter periods such as accidents or controlled situations where the release rate varies.
ADMLC is concerned with modelling dispersion at all scales, including on-site and within buildings.

Organisations and outputs

The Committee shall consist of representatives of Government Departments, Government Agencies and organisations with an interest in modelling dispersion of material for the situations identified above. Each organisation represented on the Committee shall pay an annual membership fee.
ADMLC believes that it can be most effective by limiting its membership to about 25 organisations. New organisations will only be admitted to membership of ADMLC if the majority of existing members agree to their membership.
ADMLC aims to review, collate, interpret and encourage research into applied dispersion modelling problems. It does not endorse particular brands or suppliers of commercial models. However, it is concerned to ensure that users for industrial applications are aware of what is available, how it can be applied to particular problems and of the uncertainties in the results.
The Committee will commission work on selected topics. These should be selected following discussion and provisional agreement at meetings of the Committee, followed by confirmation after the meeting. It will produce reports describing current knowledge on the topics. These may be reports from contractors chosen by the committee or may be based on the outcome of conferences or workshops organised on behalf of the committee. The money raised from membership fees will be used to fund contractors, organise workshops and report on their outcome, and any other matters which the Committee may decide.

The Committee intends to place further contracts in future years, and would like to hear from those interested in tendering for such contracts. They should contact the Secretary at:

Radiation Protection Division
Health Protection Agency
Chilton
Didcot
Oxon
OX11 0RQ
E-mail: admlc@hpa.org.uk