The Site for Innovative Research into Monitored Natural Attenuation

SIReN was a National Facility for research into Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) under UK conditions. SIReN was a joint initiative between AEA Technology, CL:AIRE, Environment Agency and Shell Global Solutions. The SIReN research facility was located at a large petrochemical manufacturing plant and was officially launched at the GQ2001 meeting in Sheffield, UK.

From October 2002 until January 2006, administration of the SIReN project was funded by Biffaward Landfill Tax Credit Scheme with third party funding from the Energy Institute.

Publications

SIReN publications include:

• Project SIREN: Phase 1 Report. Environment Agency 2000. R &D Technical Report P358, Environment Agency, UK.
• Project SIREN: Benchmarking of Monitored Natural Attenuation Procedures. Environment Agency 2001. R&D Technical Report P2-208/TR/1, Environment Agency, UK.
• Project SIREN: Conceptual Site Model. Environment Agency 2001. R&D Technical Report P2-208/TR/2, Environment Agency, UK.
• Project SIReN: Phase 2b. Further Investigation (Phase 2b) of the SIReN (Site for Innovative Research on Natural Attenuation) Site. R&D Technical Report P2-208/TR/3, Environment Agency, UK

All of these publications are available via the Environment Agency website.

Other SIReN Publications:

• Swannell, R., Macnaughton, S.J., Lethbridge, G.L., Neaville, C., and Hart, A. (2002). SIReN: the site for innovative research into monitored natural attenuation. Groundwater Quality: Natural and Enhanced Restoration of Groundwater Pollution (Proceedings of the Groundwater Quality 2001 Conference held at Sheffield, UK, June 2001). IAHS Publication No. 275, pp. 97–99.
• CL:AIRE Site Bulletin 2: Project SIReN: The Site for Innovative Research into Monitored Natural Attenuation. September 2005
• CL:AIRE Research Bulletin 3: Project SIReN: The Site for Innovative Research into Monitored Natural Attenuation. January 2006
• CL:AIRE Research Bulletin 4: Project SIReN: Future Research Needs. January 2006