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Consultation on funded decommissioning programme guidance for new nuclear power stations

Consultation published by The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform View original »

The White Paper on Nuclear Power 2008, published in January 2008, confirmed the Government's commitment to put in place legislative arrangements to ensure that operators of new nuclear power stations have secure financing arrangements in place to meet the full costs of decommissioning and their full share of waste management costs. Clauses in the Energy Bill 2008 create the framework for this. The Energy Bill will require any operator of a new nuclear power station to have a Funded Decommissioning Programme, approved by the Secretary of State, in place before construction of a new nuclear power station begins and to comply with this programme thereafter.

It was also announced in the Nuclear White Paper that, in parallel with the Energy Bill, the Government would publish for public consultation two sets of draft guidance on what an approvable Funded Decommissioning Programme should contain.

This consultation document, published on 22 February 2008, contains both sets of draft guidance. We are seeking views on the draft guidance before it is finalised following Royal Assent of the Energy Bill. The consultation will close on Friday 16 May 2008.

Comments should be sent, preferably by email, to:

Guidance Consultation, Nuclear Unit
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Bay 125, 1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Email: DecomGuidance@berr.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7215 3331
Fax: 020 7215 2842

Timeframe

This consultation started on 22nd February 2008 and ended on 16th May 2008.

Consultation Documents

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