| Title: | Consultation on funded decommissioning programme guidance for new nuclear power stations |
| Organisation: | BERR |
| Issued: | Tue 18 March 2008 |
| Deadline: | 16 May 2008 |
| Status: | CLOSED Consultation is closed for comments |
| Synopsis: | 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White Paper that, in parallel with the Energy Bill, the Government would publish for public consultation two sets of draft guidance on what an approvable Funded Decommissioning Programme should contain. |
The IEMA are not planning to respond to this consultation. If any member wishes to respond, please follow the instructions on the website below:
http://www.berr.gov.uk/consultations/page44784.html This consultation document, published on 22 February 2008, contains both sets of draft guidance. We are seeking views on the draft guidance before it is finalised following Royal Assent of the Energy Bill.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.