Environmental Protection/Waste - England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Enters into force - 31 July 2016
The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Finance and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 amends the Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Finance and Fees) Regulations 2013. The regulations extend the cost recovery arrangements in relation to Funded Decomissioning Programme (FDP), to include costs incurred by the Secretary of State for obtaining advice in relation to:
- An agreement between the Secretary of State and the operator regarding the extent to which the Secretary of State will exercise its powers to modify an FDP.
- An agreement for the disposal of relevant hazardous material (mostly radioactive waste).
- A proposed FDP or modification before it has been submitted to the Secretary of State for approval.