Consultation outcome

Draft Business Plan: Financial year beginning April 2019 to financial year ending March 2022

Updated 29 March 2019

Introduction to the Consultation

How to respond

In this consultation, the NDA wants to hear from members of the public, nuclear regulators, employees within our businesses, trade unions, local authorities, Site Stakeholder Groups, Non-Governmental Organisations and any other organization or public body. In your response please state whether you are responding as an individual or representing the views of an organisation. If you are responding on behalf of an organisation, please make it clear who the organisation represents and, where applicable, how you assembled the views of the members.

We are happy to receive comments on any aspect of our Draft Business Plan and these will be considered where appropriate. When considering responses to this consultation, the NDA will give greater weight to responses that are based on argument and evidence, rather than simple expressions of support or opposition.

This consultation begins on 3 December 2018 and will close on 4 February 2019.

You can respond by letter, fax or email using the contact details below. Please address all responses to NDA Business Planning, Business Plan Consultation.

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Email: businessplanning@nda.gov.uk

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Confidentiality and data protection

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If you want information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please be aware that, under the FOIA, there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals, amongst other things, with obligations of confidence.

In view of this, it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If we receive a request for disclosure of the information, we will take full account of your explanation, but cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on the NDA.

The NDA will process your personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act and, in the majority of circumstances, will mean that your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.

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Consultation Principles

Next Steps

The NDA will consider responses it receives to the consultation, and outputs from any NDA events, and revise the Draft Business Plan as appropriate. Subject to approval by the UK and Scottish Governments, the NDA will publish the final version of this document in late March 2019.

Our mission remains absolutely unchanged: to clean up the legacy from the UK’s earliest nuclear sites, safely, securely and with care for people and the environment.

A word from our CEO

Sharing our forward plan

This document outlines the main activities at all 17 NDA sites over the next 3 years, and the progress we expect to achieve. It also sets out our projected income and expenditure for the financial year ahead.

The NDA Group will be heading in a new direction over the next 3 years as a number of significant strategic decisions begin to take effect. However our mission remains absolutely unchanged - to clean up the legacy from the UK’s earliest nuclear sites, safely, securely and with care for people and the environment.

At Sellafield, the reprocessing of nuclear fuel in the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) came to an end when the last fuel element was sheared in November. This will be followed by the Magnox Reprocessing Plant, which will end operations in 2020. These two landmark developments will transform Sellafield, the UK’s largest and most complex nuclear site, from an operational business into an organisation that is wholly focused on decommissioning.

We took huge pride in marking the entry of Bradwell into the passive care and maintenance phase at the end of 2018, the first Magnox site in the UK to reach this milestone. Most facilities have been demolished, and waste removed, while the reactor buildings and remaining structures have been clad in weatherproof material.

This challenging programme of preparatory work, which allows full site clearance to be deferred by around 80 years, has provided valuable lessons that will shape our approach to the remaining 10 sites in the fleet.

In the next 3 years, we also look forward to the start of waste retrievals from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo and Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, two of the group’s most hazardous facilities and a priority for the UK.

Following our termination of the Parent Body Organisation (PBO) contract for the reactor and research sites, our site licence company Magnox Ltd has already embarked on the transition to become a wholly-owned NDA subsidiary by September 2019. We will continue to transition to the management model that we are confident will deliver improved performance and accountability across the Magnox sites.

We have quite rightly been subjected to scrutiny from independent regulatory authorities who have challenged NDA’s strategic governance. While we continue to await the conclusion of the inquiry into the Magnox contract award of 2014, we have already implemented a range of measures to strengthen our commercial capability and organisational resilience.

The new NDA Executive is now in place, with an expanded focus on legal and contractual areas, benefitting from the transfer of a full commercial team from our transport subsidiary INS.

We are supporting the department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and RWM as they work towards finalising the policy and launching the process for locating a geological disposal facility for higher radioactive waste.

Our 4th strategy is due to be published in 2021 and we are already exploring new opportunities as we take into account the latest technological developments and changing political and economic climates that influence our working environment.

We have started to work alongside the government in preparation for the Spending Review next year. This will establish the scope of our budget and will help us determine how we prioritise our future programme of activities.

It will be a busy few years ahead as we work to deliver our mission and become a stronger NDA Group. We will continue to collaborate with our businesses, supopliers, communities and regulatory stakeholders in this process. We cannot succeed alone and we value their challenge as well as their support.

We’re one NDA Group

Our mission is complex.

Our challenges are ongoing.

We’re making positive progress.

Together with our Site Licence Companies and subsidiaries, we’re addressing one of the most complex, long-term environmental challenges in Europe.

We are responsible for decommissioning 17 nuclear sites spread across England, Wales and Scotland, some dating back to the 1940s, plus associated liabilities and assets. This includes the first generation of Magnox power stations, various research and fuel facilities and our largest, most complex site, Sellafield.

How we operate

The NDA is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) created through the Energy Act 2004 and sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

The Energy Act 2004 transferred the assets and liabilities of all the businesses included in this business plan to the NDA.

Our plans must be approved by BEIS and Scottish Ministers, who also provide a policy framework for the NDA.

Site activities are closely regulated by:

• the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
• the Environment Agency (EA)
• the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
• Department for Transport (DfT)

Their views are an important part of our consideration and we seek to involve them in open dialogue.

1,046 hectares of nuclear licensed land

15,255 employees across the estate

17 sites dating from post-war decades

12 businesses

Businesses

• Sellafield Ltd
• Magnox Ltd
• Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
• LLW Repository Ltd
• Springfields Fuels Ltd
• Capenhurst

Delivering value to our businesses

We’re becoming a stronger and more efficient NDA, to make the UK’s legacy nuclear sites safer, quicker.

The NDA has 5 offices located across the UK with its headquarters in Cumbria. We employ around 248 staff and are accountable for annual expenditure of circa £3 billion.

Taking over direct ownership of Magnox Limited in September 2019 will allow us to further use our unique advantage of having a group-wide view to simplify and standardise the way we work - removing barriers, supporting research and development and seeking innovation.

By sharing best practice across our entire Group, we can enable our supply chain partners to work smarter and more efficiently with all of our SLC’s. Our businesses are responsible for delivering progress against our mission at their respective sites. And we’re here to provide Group leadership, governance and to drive progress across all of our sites.

Using our expertise and Group oversight, we will focus on the following:

Health, safety, security and environment

We are committed to encouraging the highest standards of safety, security and environmental responsibility in all our activities. Our open and transparent approach aims to secure the support of our stakeholders.

Governance, risk and assurance

Our governance regime ensures that we meet legal, regulatory and public service responsibilities to protect the interests of government and taxpayers, employees and stakeholders. We carry out appropriate scrutiny of delivery to ensure that we and our businesses deliver the outcomes required for the mission. Risk-based planning and assurance, along with specialist support, provides confidence to our stakeholders that we have the right people, processes and plans in place to enable risk reduction as planned and deliver the objectives. We measure performance to ensure work is achieved in line with plans and that programmes will deliver value-for-money within the agreed funding limits.

Manage and report performance

We have introduced Quarterly Performance Review (QPR) meetings with our businesses. The QPRs are at the heart of performance management, enabling us to hold our businesses to account effectively, drive discipline around targets, direction, culture and clarity.

We report the performance of our businesses to government and stakeholders.

Socio-economics

The NDA’s socio-economic mission is to ‘support the maintenance of sustainable communities’ and our objectives are to:

• enhance the opportunity for local people to be involved in decommissioning work or other economic activity through education, retraining and skills development
• support the diversification of local economies into other sectors, reducing the reliance of communities on nuclear sites for employment
• increase the attractiveness of areas near NDA sites as places to live, work and invest in
• work with nuclear new build and neighbouring site organisations, local authorities and other key stakeholders to work cohesively on socio-economics and maximise potential benefits to the community

Setting strategy

Our strategy, which is reviewed every 5 years, provides the overall framework for our mission and influences planning at site level. It sets out our long-term objectives and how we will support BEIS policies. Our strategy management system assists the development of options and the associated decision-making process. Detailed plans set out how we will deliver the objectives outlined in the strategy, in the right timeframe and within the funding allocated by the government.

Delivery optimisation

Our businesses range from SLCs led by private-sector Parent Body Organisations (PBOs), to NDA-owned subsidiaries and affiliates. These management arrangements provide a framework for setting out our requirements and are designed to deliver our strategic outcomes.

NDA’s Group oversight enables optimised, prioritised decision-making over the short and long-term.

Research and Development (R&D)

We are also focused on getting the right technology, skills and resources in place to help in our mission, as well as ensuring that local communities are supported socially and economically during and after the clean-up work.

One of our responsibilities is to ensure the right amount of R&D is carried out to deliver the full decommissioning programme. Many ‘never-done-before’ projects require significant innovation and novel engineering approaches.

The aim is to solve the challenging technical problems more effectively, more efficiently and where possible, for less cost to taxpayers. To maximise the benefits of R&D and avoid duplication, the NDA promotes the Group-wide sharing of good practice and, where appropriate, the adoption of innovative ideas across multiple sites.

Skills

Ensuring we have the capability and capacity to deliver our mission is paramount, as well as ensuring that local communities are supported socially and economically to be sustainable, successful and inclusive during and post decommissioning.

Our mission needs a diverse range of individuals and organisations to provide the capability and capacity to deliver effectively, so having the rights skills at the right time within the NDA group and our supply chain is a priority. Attracting the right calibre of people, developing future skills and enabling existing employees to continue to develop as the mission progresses are key to our success.

Addressing our mission

In deciding how we deal with the UK’s nuclear legacy, we consider what activities must be completed before a site can be cleared and the land released for other uses.

To define and prioritise our work, and to optimise efficiencies across our entire mission, we break down our strategy into 4 key areas of activity, each with interdependencies.

Our most urgent task is to deal with the highest hazard materials at each of the sites: spent fuel, nuclear materials and highly radioactive wastes.

Once this inventory has been made safe, we can decontaminate and dismantle the redundant nuclear buildings. Buildings without a nuclear function are more straightforward to clean out and demolish.

20 year overview

Download the NDA estate key programmes: 20 year overview

NDA Corporate Centre Key Activities

Our 5 strategic themes drive focus for our mission

• Spent Fuels: to ensure safe, secure and cost-effective lifecycle management of spent fuels.
• Nuclear Materials: to ensure safe, secure and cost effective lifecycle management of our nuclear materials.
• Integrated Waste Management: to ensure that wastes are managed in a manner that protects people and the environment, now and in the future, and in ways that comply with government policies and provides value for money.
• Decommissioning and Remediation: to decommission and remediate our sites and release them for other uses.
• Critical Enablers: to provide the stable and effective implementation framework that enables the delivery of our mission.

NDA Corporate Centre Key Activities

circa £3.112 billion planned expenditure for 2019/20

The NDA’s key activities for the next 3 years are set out below:

Key Activities

Nuclear Materials

Activity	Timescale
Work with government to develop a long-term management solution for separated plutonium in the UK.	2019-2022

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
The NDA will work with Group Businesses to explore alternative disposal options for Higher Activity Waste.	2019-2022

Critical Enablers

Activity	Timescale
Review of NDA operations and implementation of the accepted recommendations from the Magnox Inquiry, Manage the existing Magnox Limited contract through to termination; and transition to new arrangements.	2019-2022
Development of strategic opportunities that optimise delivery of the mission.	2019-2022
Manage special nuclear materials consolidation in agreed locations.	2019-2022
Implementation of a Group Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy.	2019-2022
Implement Government led reforms of public sector pensions and exit caps across NDA Group	2019-2022
Provide support to government on nuclear new build decommissioning plans.	2019-2022
Working to embed the capability to proactively protect, detect, respond and recover against current and evolving cyber threats.	2019-2022
Implementation of our strategic people delivery plan to enable resource planning, skills development and flexibility and mobility across the Group.	2019-2022
Support Small and Medium Enterprise organisations by increasing overall spend with them in line with the government Growth Agenda.	2019-2022
Performance management of Group Businesses.	2019-2022
Embed the key tenets of the Industrial Strategy, including active participation in the Nuclear Sector Deal to help achieve HMG key deliverables.	2019-2022
Support implementation of forthcoming new nuclear emergency preparedness standards across the NDA Group, as part of the UK’s implementation of the Basic Safety Standards Directive 2013.	2019-2022
International support, sharing knowledge and expertise in decommissioning and clean-up activities.	2019-2022

Regulatory Control

Activity	Timescale
Continue working with regulators and government to determine institutional controls appropriate to restoration of nuclear sites.	2019-2022
Contribute to sustainability performance under the Greening Government Commitments (GGC).	2019-2022

Our funding

Funding framework

We are publicly funded through the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), our total planned expenditure is voted upon annually by Parliament and in line with Spending Review totals agreed in 2015.

The revenue we generate through our commercial activities reduce the level of public funding required from Government.

Commercial income

We maximise revenue from our existing assets and operations to help fund decommissioning and clean-up, in order to reduce the level of public funding required to meet the scope of our plans and delivery of the NDA mission.

Our commercial operations are primarily spent fuel and nuclear materials management with additional opportunities identified in providing transportation services.

We will pursue all commercial opportunities using our existing assets, operations and people where it does not materially impact on our core mission or increase our liabilities. The nature of our current commercial activities means we have to manage a significant degree of income volatility, largely due to our operations relying on ageing assets and infrastructure.

Prioritisation and allocation of funding

Within affordability constraints, we will seek to maintain progress and maximise value for money through the effective implementation of our strategy. This means focusing on reducing our highest hazards and risks, whilst ensuring that safe, secure and environmentally responsible site operations are maintained.

Planned income and expenditure in 2019/2020

This Business Plan sets out our anticipated income and expenditure for 2019/2020 as agreed with HM Treasury and BEIS.

Our total planned expenditure for 2019/2020 is £3.112 billion, of which £2.210 billion will be funded by UK Government and £0.902 billion by income from commercial operations. Planned expenditure on site programmes will be £2.901 billion, while non-site expenditure is expected to be £0.211 billion.

This non-site expenditure includes:

• skills development
• socio-economic
• research and development (R&D)
• insurance and pension costs
• fees to businesses
• implementing geological disposal
• NDA operating costs

Planned income and expenditure summary 2019/20

Businesses and specialist subsidiaries	Decom & Clean-up Costs £M	Total Operations Running Costs £M	Total Operations Capital Expenditure Costs £M	2019/20 Plan Total £M	2018/19 Plan Total £M
Sellafield Ltd (including gas costs for steam)	1,135	584	282	2,000	2,000
Trading and Gas Costs (Sellafield)	23			23	24
Magnox Ltd	475			475	490
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd	185			185	192
LLWR Ltd	68			68	79
Springfields Fuels Ltd	20			20	20
Capenhurst	41			41	55
Nuclear Transport and Contract Management		89		89	109
Non-Site Expenditure	211			211	179
TOTAL	2,158	672	282	3,112	3,146
Income				902	877
Net				2,210	2,269

Notes: 1. Numbers may not cast due to rounding 2. Final Annual Site Funding Limits issued in March 2018 may be adjusted to reflect efficiency, performance and portfolio pressures. 3. The NDA reserves the right to reallocate funding to meet prioritised programme needs. 4. Transfer of INS staff to NDA

Summary of NDA funding (2019/20 onwards)

Summary of NDA funding	2019/20 £M	2020/21 £M and 2021/22 £M
Income	902	to be confirmed in next spending review
Government Funding	2,210	to be confirmed in next spending review
Expenditure	3,112	to be confirmed in next spending review
Balance	0	to be confirmed in next spending review

2019/20 breakdown of non-site expenditure

Non-site expenditure	2019/20 £M	2018/19 £M
NDA Operating Costs	51	41
Radioactive Waste Management Limited	34	30
Socio Economic, Skills, Research and Development, Knowledge Management, Other	31	31
Estate Insurance	17	16
NDA Properties, Policy Support, NDA Asset decommissioning	28	17
Contractor Fees	51	43
Total	211	179

Notes: 1. Increase in NDA operating costs resulting from transfer of INS commercial staff to NDA and capability improvement resulting from Magnox Inquiry.

2019/20 breakdown of planned income by category

Income source	2019/20 Plan £M	2018/19 Plan £M
Reprocessing and Fuel Management Services	802	761
Electricity Generation	0	0
NDA - INS Transport	64	74
Intra Site Services	35	42
Total	902	877

Our Businesses (sites)

Sellafield Limited

On the 1 April 2016 Sellafield Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of the NDA.

£2 billion planned expenditure for 2019/20

265-hectare site in Cumbria

• All 265 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence

• Modifications of designating direction signed by the Minister in Jan 2012

Current key milestones:

• 2019 - Progress the transformation of Project delivery on site and embed PPP (Programme and Project Partner)
• 2020 - Begin retrievals from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo and Magnox Swarf Storage Silos
• 2020 - Completion of Magnox reprocessing including defuelling of Calder Hall
• 2021-2022 - Continue with improvements to the site utilities infrastructure including new Steam Generating
• 2022 - Commence Bulk Retrievals from Magnox Swarf Storage Silo

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

The areas of principal focus are the redundant Legacy Ponds and Silos facilities, made up of the Pile Fuel Storage Pond, Pile Fuel Cladding Silo, First Generation Magnox Storage Pond and Magnox Swarf Storage Silo. These facilities supported the development of the nuclear programme in the UK from the early 1950s. Latterly, they have supported the generation from the fleet of Magnox power stations. The programmes include the removal of nuclear fuel, sludge and solid material which require the provision of equipment to retrieve the various wastes and then treat and store them in passive condition.

This process needs to take into account the role of Integrated Waste Management in achieving hazard reduction and long-term safety, security and environmental protection requirements.

Activity	Description	Timescale
Pile Fuel Storage Pond	Continue sludge and solids retrievals from the pond and wetbays. Complete Bay Dewatering Trial.	2019-2022 2020-2022
Pile Fuel Cladding Silo	Completion of Inactive Safety commissioning of the Box Encapsulation Plant and Product Store (BEPPS)/Direct Import facility. Commence inactive commissioning of waste retrieval equipment. Begin retrievals from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo.	Over the next 3 years
First Generation Magnox Storage Pond	Continue bulk sludge removal from D Bay. Continue to export fuel and sludge from the pond.	Over the next 3 years
Magnox Swarf Storage Silo	Commence SEP1 (Silo Emptying Plant) Phase 1 active commissioning. Volume manufacture of 3m3 boxes. Begin retrievals from Magnox Swarf Storage Silo (MSSS).	Over the next 3 years
Decommissioning and Remediation	Complete decommissioning and demolition of the upper diffuser section of the Windscale Pile Chimney Number 1. Complete demolition of the SEP Head End Stack.	Over the next 3 years

Spent Fuels

All of the spent fuels discharged from the operating Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor (AGR) power stations and defueling Magnox power stations reactors are sent to Sellafield for management. The management of AGR fuel under contracts with EDF Energy provides a significant income stream to the NDA.

Activity	Timescale
Continue to receive and prepare for receipt of Dounreay spent fuels	Over the next 3 years
Continue to receive / manage AGR spent fuel from EDF Energy and prepare for receipt of bulk defueling	Over the next 3 years
Completion of Magnox reprocessing	Over the next 3 years
Commence POCO of Magnox Reprocessing Plant	Over the next 3 years
Complete defueling of Calder Hall	From 2019 to 2020

Nuclear Materials

Sellafield is the custodian of the majority of the UK’s inventory of plutonium which is held in safe and secure storage. Consolidation of materials is an ongoing activity and will continue to be part of the site’s mission.

Activity	Timescale
Continue the safe and secure storage of plutonium in line with UK policy.	Over the next 3 years
Continue to receive and securely store special nuclear materials from Dounreay.	Over the next 3 years
Ensure safe, secure management of our uranics inventory.	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

The various activities of the site produce wastes in many forms. These require varying degrees of treatment and onward processing. The site will continue to focus on safe, efficient management of these wastes, including:

• the conversion of Highly Active Liquor (HAL) into passively safe vitrified waste
• the return of vitrified material overseas
• the management of on-site intermediate and low level wastes

Activity	Timescale
Continue the programme to repatriate overseas owned vitrified waste to its country of origin.	Over the next 3 years
Prepare and commence the co-processing of HA POCO solids.	Over the next 3 years
Continue to generate savings and preserve capacity at the LLW Repository by diversion of materials into the supply chain.	Over the next 3 years
Continue the programmes to receive and treat waste materials from Harwell and AWE Aldermaston.	Over the next 3 years

Critical Enablers

A number of key enabling activities require specific focus, ranging from infrastructure refurbishment or replacement projects, in support of the above activities, through to key change programmes which aim to improve operational delivery and efficiency on site.

Activity	Timescale
Continue the Sellafield Limited transformation to support future business requirements including the development and embedding of a value-led culture.	Over the next 3 years
Develop and embed the long-term partnership with the supply chain.	Over the next 3 years
Progress the transformation of Project delivery on site and embed PPP (Programme and Project Partnership).	Over the next 3 years
Support Small and Medium Enterprise organisations by targeting overall spend with them in line with the # government Growth Agenda.	Over the next 3 years
Continue the Sellafield Security Enhancement Programme.	Over the next 3 years
Continue with improvements to the site utilities infrastructure and new Steam Generating.	Over the next 3 years
Continue the programme to ensure the Analytical Services capability is available to support the mission.	Over the next 3 years
Continuation of information assurance activities and supporting processes.	Over the next 3 years
Embed the key tenets of the Industrial Strategy, including facilitation under the Nuclear Sector Deal.	Over the next 3 years
Working to embed the capability to proactively protect, detect, respond and recover against current and evolving cyber threats.	Over the next 3 years
Maintain an asset management regime that takes into account the impact of asset condition on meeting regulation.	Over the next 3 years

Regulatory Matters

Activity	Timescale
Ensure discharges are in line with UK discharge strategy	Over the next 3 years
Reduce environmental risk (including retrieval and treatment of legacy wastes, reduction of HAL stocks).	Over the next 3 years

Magnox Limited

(Operated by PBO: Cavendish Fluor Partnership - Cavendish Nuclear and Fluor Corporation) until 31 August 2019. On the 1 September 2019 Magnox Limited will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the NDA.

Magnox Ltd is responsible for the operation of 11 sites: Berkeley, Chapelcross, Dungeness A, Harwell, Hinkley Point A, Hunterston A, Oldbury, Sizewell A,Trawsfynydd, Winfrith and Wylfa (see pictures below reading left to right, top to bottom), and managing Bradwell site in Care and Maintenance.

Magnox sites

£475 million planned expenditure for 2019/20

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Continuation of estate decommissioning and demolition activities working towards Interim States.	Over the next 3 years
Continue preparations for Winfrith to enter its Interim State.	Over the next 3 years

Spent Fuels

Activity | Timescale -|- # Management of MOP9 and co-ordination of Magnox fuel management activities with Sellafield and Dounreay complete. | Over the next financial year # Transfer Magnox fuel flask fleet management responsibility to Sellafield Ltd. | Over the next financial year Completion of Wylfa defuelling. | Over the next financial year

Nuclear Materials

Activity	Timescale
Continuation of the programme for the transfer of nuclear materials.	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Delivery of the Magnox elements of the estate-wide low level waste management plan including diversion to alternative treatment	Over the next 3 years
Progression of activities to retrieve, process and package wastes	Over the next 3 years
Asbestos management – Continued focus on the major risk of asbestos including production of an optimised, underpinned strategy for asbestos, without detriment to Care and Maintenance.	Over the next 3 years

Critical Enablers

Activity | Timescale -|- # Support to the Government in activities to deliver the new build agenda and preparations for decommissioning the AGR fleet | Over the next 3 years # Continuation of information governance activities and supporting processes | Over the next 3 years # Develop and implement a “Sift & Lift” programme to rationalise all Magnox records and transfer as appropriate to the NDA Archive in Wick. | Over the next 3 years # Support Small and Medium Enterprise organisations by targeting overall spend with them in line with government Growth Agenda | Over the next 3 years # Support to NDA in property activities to reduce NDA decommissioning liability and achieve best value on asset disposal | Over the next 3 years # Development of Interim End State approaches, utilising revised management arrangements | Over the next 3 years # Monitoring management arrangements for sites in Care and Maintenance. | Over the next 3 years # Implement a change in management arrangements to smoothly transition from a PBO to becoming an NDA subsidiary. | Over the next 3 years # Support closure of Magnox Operations and Maintenance Contract with Cavendish Fluor Partnership. | Over the next financial year

Regulatory Control

Activity	Timescale
Ensuring the management arrangements for Interim State are determined and agreed with Regulators	Over the next 3 years
Regulatory permissioning in support of the transfer of Nuclear Materials between sites.	Over the next 3 years
Regulatory permissioning in support of the Interim End State definition and arrangements for Winfrith.	Over the next 3 years

Berkeley

27-hectare site in Gloucestershire

11 hectares have been de-designated

16 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence

• modification of Designating Direction signed by the Minister in January 2012

Current milestones:

• 2023 - site enters Care and Maintenance
• 2070 - final site clearance begins
• 2079 - final site clearance achieved

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Continuation of retrieval and packaging activities in the active waste vaults	Over the next 3 years
Complete design and commissioning of shielded area waste retrieval equipment.	Over the next financial year
Retrieval of waste from shielded area (caves).	Over the next 3 years
Continuation of waste retrieval plant design, commissioning and packaging.	Over the next 3 years
Complete Design and Build of encapsulation facility.	Over the next financial year
Encapsulation of ILW packages.	Over the next 3 years

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Decommissioning and demolition activities ongoing in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance.	Over the next 3 years

Regulatory Control

Activity | Timescale -|- # Regulatory permissioning in support of the Berkeley ILW Management Programme. | Over the next 3 years # Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry definitions and transitional arrangements. | Over the next 3 years

Bradwell (in Care and Maintenance)

20-hectare site in Essex.

• All 20 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence

Current key milestones:

• 2083 - final site clearance begins
• 2092 - final site clearance achieved

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Ongoing monitoring of Care and Maintenance phase.	Over the next 3 years
Receipt and storage of other ILW waste packages in line with planning permission.	Over the next 3 years

Chapelcross

96-hectare site in Dumfries and Galloway

• All 96 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

Current key milestones:

• 2025 - site enters Care and Maintenance
• 2085 - final site clearance begins
• 2095 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance	Over the next 3 years
Preparations for pond draining and stabilisation	Over the next 3 years
Commence pond draining and stabilisation.	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Encapsulation facility Design and Build complete.	In the next financial year
Progressing of ILW retrievals, processing and storage activities.	In the next 3 years
Interim Storage Facility commissioned and complete.	In the next 3 years

Regulatory Control

Activity | Timescale -|- # Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry definitions and transitional arrangements. | Over the next 3 years

Dungeness A

20-hectare site in Kent

• All 20 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

Current milestones:

• 2025 - site enters Care and Maintenance
• 2087 - final site clearance begins
• 2097 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance.	In the next 3 years
Ponds cleaned and stabilised.	Over the next financial year

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Commence preparations for Boiler Annexe removal	In the next financial year
Complete retrievals, treatment and transport of ILW	Over the next 3 years
Complete bulk asbestos removal from reactor buildings	In the next financial year

Regulatory Control

Activity	Timescale
Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry definitions and transitional arrangements.	Over the next 3 years

Harwell

108-hectare site in Oxfordshire

22 hectares have been de-designated

• Modification of Designating Direction signed by the Minister in December 2012 and July 2017.

• 86 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

Current key milestones:

• 2027 - primary facilities decommissioning complete
• 2027 - reactor decommissioning complete
• 2027-28 - interim state achieved
• 2064 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Continuation of Liquid Effluent Treatment Plant (LETP) area environmental restoration	Over the next 3 years
Decommissioning (including asbestos removal) and demolition activities	Over the next 3 years

Nuclear Materials

Activity	Timescale
Continuation of the programme for the transfer of nuclear materials and contact-handled ILW	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Recovery, processing and packaging of solid ILW.	Over the next 3 years
Complete preparations for decommissioning of radium chemistry facilities	In the next financial year
Decommissioning of Radium chemistry facilities.	Over the next 3 years
Commence receipt of packaged ILW from Winfrith in the Harwell store.	Over the next 3 years

Regulatory Control

Activity	Timescale
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of decommissioning and demolition activities	Over the next 3 years

Hinkley Point A

20-hectare site in Somerset

• All 20 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

Current milestones:

• 2027 - site enters Care and Maintenance
• 2081 - final site clearance begins
• 2090 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance	Over the next 3 years
Complete deplant and demolition of Turbine Hall	Over the next financial year

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Continuation of FED retrieval activities.	Over the next 3 years
Continue and complete ILW skip management.	Over the next 3 years
Complete waste conditioning facility construction and commissioning.	Over the next financial year
Continue preparations for Sludge Canning Building waste retrievals.	Over the next 3 years
Complete Interim Storage Facility construction and commissioning.	In the next financial year
Complete receipt of ILW packages from other sites into the Interim Storage Facility complete.	Over the next 3 years

Regulatory Control

Activity	Timescale
Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry definitions and arrangements	Over the next 3 years

Hunterston A

15-hectare site in Ayrshire.

• All 15 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

Current milestones:

• 2024 - site enters Care and Maintenance
• 2071 - final site clearance begins
• 2080 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance.	Over the next 3 years
Commence and complete Weather Envelope repairs.	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Completion of solid ILW encapsulation plant construction and mechanical and electrical installation.	In this financial year
Completion of inactive commissioning of solid ILW encapsulation plant.	In this financial year
Progressing of ILW retrievals, processing and storage activities.	Over the next 3 years
Commence and complete Weather Envelope repairs.	Over the next 3 years
Completion of Solid Active Waste Bunker Retrieval Operations excluding Post Operational Clean Out.	Over the next 3 years

Regulatory Matters

Activity	Timescale
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry definitions and transitional arrangements	Over the next 3 years

Oldbury

47-hectare site in South Gloucestershire

• 32 hectares have been de-designated.

• 15 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

• Modification of Designating Direction signed by the Minister in January 2012.

Current milestones:

• 2027 - site enters Care and Maintenance
• 2092 - final site clearance begins
• 2103 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance.	Over the next 3 years
Complete ponds decommissioning preparations	In this financial year
Complete ponds draining, cleaning and stabilisation	Over the next 3 years
Commence and complete Weather Envelope repairs.	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
ILW retrieval enabling works complete	Over the next 3 years
Progression of activities supporting consolidated ILW storage	Over the next 3 years
Commence retrievals, treatment and transport of ILW	Over the next 3 years

Regulatory Matters

Activity	Timescale
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry definitions and transitional arrangements	Over the next 3 years

Sizewell A

14-hectare site in Suffolk

• All 14 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

Current milestones:

• 2027 - site enters Care and Maintenance
• 2088 - final site clearance begins
• 2097 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance	Over the next 3 years
Continuation of ponds decommissioning	Over the next 3 years
Ponds draining and stabilisation complete	In this financial year
Commence preparation for asbestos removal.	In this financial year
Commence asbestos removal	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Continue preparation for FED retrievals.	Over the next 3 years
ILW retrieval enabling works complete	Over the next 3 years
Progression of activities to support consolidation of ILW storage	Over the next 3 years
Commencement of retrievals, treatment and transport of ILW	From 2019 to 2021
Management of receipt of waste packages at Bradwell Site.	From 2019 to 2021

Regulatory Matters

Activity	Timescale
Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry definitions and arrangements	Over the next 3 years

Trawsfynydd

15-hectare site in North Wales

• All 15 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

Current milestones:

• 2029 - site enters Care and Maintenance
• 2074 - final site clearance begins
• 2083 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Continue developing strategy for ponds End State conditions	In the next financial year
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
FED retrievals and encapsulation	Over the next 3 years
Continued recovery and treatment of ILW.	Over the next 3 years

Regulatory Matters

Activity	Timescale
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of decommissioning and demolition activities	Over the next 3 years

Winfrith

96-hectare site in Dorset

• 7 hectares have been de-designated

• 89 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

• Modification of Designating Direction signed by the Minister in March 2014.

Current milestones:

• 2022 - DRAGON reactor complex decommissioning complete
• 2023 - Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor (SGHWR) complex decommissioning complete
• 2023 - interim end state achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
DRAGON – continue reactor decommissioning	Over the next 3 years
SGHWR – complete design and build of reactor decommissioning equipment.	Over the next 3 years
SGHWR – continue decommissioning of the primary and secondary containment areas.	Over the next 3 years
Decommissioning (including asbestos removal) and demolition activities.	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Consolidation of packaged ILW to the Harwell store complete.	Over the next 3 years
Commence shipments of LLW drums to LLWR.	In the next financial year

Regulatory Matters

Activity	Timescale
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of decommissioning and demolition activities	Over the next 3 years
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Interim End State Definition and arrangements for Winfrith	Over the next 3 years

Wylfa

21-hectare site in Anglesey

• All 21 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

Current milestones:

• 2026 - site enters Care and Maintenance
• 2097 - final site clearance begins
• 2105 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Decommissioning and demolition activities in preparation for entry into Care and Maintenance	Over the next 3 years
Provision of support and assets to nuclear new build	Over the next 3 years

Spent Fuels

Activity	Timescale
Defueling activities in line with MOP9 complete	2019 - 2020
Completion of Wylfa defueling in line with MOP9	2019-2020

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Continuation of ILW retrievals and packaging	Over the next 3 years
Continuation of waste retrieval enabling activities	Over the next 3 years
Bulk asbestos removal from Turbine Hall complete.	Over the next 3 years
Commence admin and ancillary buildings decommissioning.	Over the next 3 years

Regulatory Matters

Activity	Timescale
Regulatory permissioning in support of the Care and Maintenance entry definitions and arrangements.	Over the next 3 years
Complete fuel free verification agreement with the ONR.	Over the next 3 years

Dounreay

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL is owned by a Parent Body Organisation (PBO) - Cavendish Dounreay Partnership Limited comprising Cavendish Nuclear, CH2M Hill & AECOM)

Dounreay

DSRL is contracted to carry out the decommissioning of the Dounreay site as well as the operation of the Low Level Waste (LLW) disposal facility next to the licensed site. In March 2015, a revised Lifetime Plan was approved, incorporating scope to move material from Dounreay to Sellafield, that had not been agreed or finalised when the original contract was signed. In July 2015, this scope was further updated. Dounreay will continue to deliver within its assigned annual site funding limits, while also delivering the additional scope. The contract extension required for the additional scope is still earlier than the pre-competition baseline for achieving Interim End State. The activities below give the current understanding of the updated plans and are subject to change.

£185 million planned expenditure for 2019/20

60-hectare site (plus 12 hectares designated for LLW facility) in Caithness

• 60 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence, the 12 for the LLW facility are designated but not licensed.

• Modification in designating direction signed by the Minister in Jan 2012.

Current milestones:

• 2025 - Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) dismantled
• 2025 - all fuel in long-term storage or shipped off site
• 2026 - Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) dismantled
• 2028 - Shaft and Silo encapsulation complete
• 2030 - site clearance and environmental restoration phase 3 complete
• 2030-2033 - interim end state achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
D1225 Demolition complete.	In the next financial year
Complete shaft and silo Hazop Studies	In the next financial year
Commence DCP ILW Store Extension	In the next financial year
D1211 Suction Sump Decommissioning	In the next financial year
Decontamination of PFR Pond suitable for Final Disposal	Over the next 3 years

Spent Fuels

Activity	Timescale
Continued removal of Breeder Fuel elements from DFR	In the next financial year
Completion of delivery of all in reactor DFR Breeder Fuel to Sellafield	Over the next 3 years
Complete delivery of all fuels from DFR	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Continued transfer of LLW to LLW vault	In the next financial year

Nuclear Materials

Activity	Timescale
Continued consolidation of special nuclear materials	In the next financial year

Critical Enablers

Activity | Timescale -|- # Support small and medium enterprise (SME) organisations by measuring and reporting overall spend with them, in line with the government growth agenda. | Over the next 3 years

Regulatory Matters

Activity	Timescale
NDA and Regulatory permissioning in support of the Interim End State Definition and arrangements for Dounreay.	Over the next 3 years

Low Level Waste Repository Limited

Low Level Waste Repository Limited (Operated by PBO - UK Nuclear Waste Management Limited - AECOM, Studsvik AB, Orano SA)

Low Level Waste Repository Limited (LLWR) is responsible for both the operation of the LLW site and the delivery of the National Low Level Waste Programme on behalf of the NDA.

£68 million planned expenditure for 2019/20

99-hectare site in Cumbria

• All 99 hectares remain covered by the nuclear site licence.

Current milestones:

• 2019 - PCM decommissioning complete
• 2019 - Security programme complete
• 2024 - Type B programme complete
• 2025 - final capping of Vault 8
• 2135 - final site clearance achieved

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Ongoing site preparation for phased construction of the final cap for trenches 1 to 7 and Vault 8	Over the next 3 years

Integrated Waste Management

Activity	Timescale
Delivery of the National LLW Programme to optimise LLW Strategy implementation. Work with consigning SLCs to improve waste forecasts and inventory and continue segregated waste, treatment and disposal services.	Over the next 3 years
Work with the NDA to support innovation in approaches to waste management.	Over the next 3 years
Type B Programme fleet commences key transport scope	Over the next 3 years

Critical Enablers

Activity	Timescale
Support hazard reduction across the NDA Group.	Over the next 3 years
Manage and operate LLWR safely to provide an effective UK disposal service.	Over the next 3 years
Consideration of options to further optimise operations at the LLWR.	Over the next 3 years
Continue to pursue overall cost savings in delivery of the Lifetime Plan.	Over the next 3 years
Support Small and Medium Enterprise organisations by targeting overall spend with them in line with the government Growth Agenda.	Over the next 3 years

Springfields Fuels Limited (owned by Westinghouse Electric UK Holdings Limited)

£20 million planned expenditure for 2019/20

Springfields is a nuclear fuel manufacturing site and is located near Preston in Lancashire. The site is operated by Springfields Fuels Limited (SFL) and used to manufacture a range of fuel products for both UK and international customers and decommissioning historic uranic residues and redundant facilities.

From April 2010, the NDA permanently transferred ownership of the company to Westinghouse Electric including the freedom to invest for the future under the terms of a new 150 year lease. SFL is contracted to provide decommissioning and clean up services to the NDA to address historic liabilities, prior to the transfer.

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Complete Post Operations Clean Out of Residues Recovery Plant (RRP).	Over the next 3 years
Continue Decommissioning of the Magnox Island.	Over the next 3 years

Urenco Nuclear Stewardship Limited (owned by URENCO Limited)

£41 million planned expenditure for 2018/19

The NDA Capenhurst site is located near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, and was formerly home to uranium enrichment plant and associated facilities that ceased operation in 1982. In 2012, the site was transferred to URENCO, owners of the adjacent licensed site, and was amalgamated into a single nuclear licenced site, paving the way for URENCO to invest in new facilities, in order to meet future customer demand. As part of this transfer, URENCO established Urenco Nuclear Stewardship (UNS), formerly known as Capenhurst Nuclear Services, to provide responsible management of uranic materials and carryout remediation work on behalf of NDA. UNS manages 95% of the NDA’s uranic inventory and provides broader decommissioning and remediation works for redundant facilities, in order to utilise space to maximise efficiency. NDA and UNS have also signed an agreement for the processing of UK Government-owned by-product/legacy material from uranium enrichment (known as ‘Tails’) through URENCO’s Tails Management Facility.

Site Decommissioning and Remediation

Activity	Timescale
Continued safe storage of uranic materials.	Over the next 3 years

Nuclear Materials

Activity	Timescale
Prepare EPC and FEED tender for the Legacy Cylinder Facility, to treat ‘Tails’ prior to processing through the Tails Management Facility.	Over the next 3 years

NDA Specialist Subsidiaries

Radioactive Waste Management Limited

RWM’s vision is a safer future by managing radioactive waste effectively, to protect people and the environment with our mission to deliver geological disposal and provide radioactive waste management solutions. The UK Government’s 2014 White Paper, “Implementing Geological Disposal” establishes NDA’s role as the implementer in a consent-based process to develop a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) for the UK’s higher activity radioactive waste. In 2014, NDA established Radioactive Waste Management Limited (RWM) as its delivery body for a GDF.

The White Paper set out a programme of 3 initial actions to be completed before the siting process could begin (National Geological Screening led by RWM and two BEIS-led actions). These initial actions are now close to completion and the current planning assumption is that the GDF Siting Process will be launched later in the year. This approach does not apply in Scotland.

The Scottish Government has published ‘Scotland’s Higher Activity Radioactive Waste Policy 2011. Scottish Government Policy states that:

The long-term management of higher activity radioactive waste should be in near-surface facilities. Facilities should be located as near to the site where the waste is produced as possible.

Delivering a GDF for the UK is mission critical for both the Government and the NDA. The NDA currently has a major programme of decommissioning and waste management across Great Britain; retrieving, packaging and storing waste ready for disposal. A GDF provides an end point for that programme. A safe disposal route for waste is also critical to supporting the Government’s nuclear new build programme, making sure the UK has access to safe, secure, affordable, low-carbon energy.

Waste is being retrieved and packaged now. Over 70,000 packages are already secured, safely in surface stores awaiting a GDF, and are accumulating at 3,000 packages per year. RWM works with the producers of radioactive waste to ensure that waste being packaged now is suitable for disposal in a future GDF. We also work with the NDA in support of waste management strategy development.

Key Activities 2019 to 2022

Critical Enablers

• Implement government policy on geological disposal of Higher Activity Waste (HAW) through effective engagement with willing communities in the delivery of a site for the construction and operation of a GDF.
• Deliver a robust technical programme to drive our design and safety assessment work.
• Develop Radioactive Waste Management Limited into a competent delivery organisation.
• Work pro-actively with waste producers, planning for and delivering disposability assessments for their range of wastes.

Direct Rail Services Limited

Direct Rail Services (DRS) Limited was established in 1995 to provide a rail service for the transportation of nuclear material. DRS operates in non-nuclear business where it enhances our ability to deliver the core mission, through developing a critical mass that ensures we attract and retain people of the highest calibre and provide an environment that fosters innovation and operational excellence. DRS has developed and maintained an industry leading reputation for providing safe, secure, reliable and cost effective services within both the nuclear and non-nuclear related markets. Over this plan period DRS’s business objectives are:

• To continue to provide the NDA with a long-term capability to meet the lifetime requirements of the nuclear mission with respect to the provision of rail logistics services
• To develop our reputation in order to act as an advisor to the UK Government on rail related logistical matters
• To enhance and maintain a vehicle asset capability that offers improved safety, security and environmental performance and reliability
• To ensure continued capability in respect of nuclear rail logistics and fulfil our obligation to provide value for money to deliver an appropriate portfolio of services into non-nuclear sectors.

Key Activities 2019 to 2022

• Delivery of the rail transport element in support of the completion of MOP.
• Support national nuclear material rail movements for Harwell, Winfrith and DSRL.
• Support AGR fuel movements by rail for EDF from stations to Sellafield.
• Support the discharge of NDA obligations with respect to MOD Nuclear rail transportation.
• Provide value for money to the tax payer through the execution of identified non-nuclear work that complements the skills and capabilities required to support the core nuclear mission.
• Provide rail authority expertise to the NDA and consider areas of synergy between DRS and INS in support of the NDA’s strategic transport capability review.
• Operate and maintain technology leading fleet of locomotives to support NDA operations. *Attract and retain the necessary skills, capability and diversity of talent to deliver our rail logistics business in a safe, secure and reliable manner. *Delivery of the rail transport element in support of the special nuclear fuels programme. *Provision and maintenance of locomotives for TransPennine Express.

NDA Archives Limited

NDA Archives vision is to optimise value from NDA knowledge and information assets in a compliant and secure manner, investing only in that which needs to be retained to deliver the NDA’s mission.

NDA Archives Ltd operates as a separate delivery organisation for the provision of archive and records management services, primarily to the NDA estate. We have established a number of Service and End User Agreements and are overseeing the management of a Commercial Partner (Restore Scan Limited) who is operating a purpose-built archive facility in Wick; Nucleus, the Nuclear and Caithness Archive.

The NDA owns and is accountable for the records from across the estate and, currently, very few of these information assets are managed to the standards required of us as a public authority. The principal role of Nucleus is to consolidate and appropriately store these records ensuring that they remain secure, that their integrity stays intact (many of them will be required for 300+ years) and that they can be accessed in line with legislation and the relevant business needs.

Nucleus became operational in early 2017 and work has progressed since then on the ‘sift and lift’ of archived records from around the NDA estate. The principal focus over the next 3 years will be concerned with the completion of the first term of the commercial contract and how we can aspire to develop a world-class archive service to the civil nuclear industry and, potentially, others.

Key Activities 2019 to 2022

• Work with The National Archives of both England and Scotland in working towards relevant Accreditation Standards and Regulatory best practice
• Continue the work on the commercial model review (make vs buy options) and develop the plan and future options as we approach the end of the first contract period in June 2020.
• Continuing to collaborate with interested third parties to consider providing services to other organisations outside the NDA Group. This will include analysing the potential for commercial contracts and Agreements. *Develop the Archive ‘service’ to the NDA Group.

NDA Properties Limited

NDA Properties Limited primarily acts as a property manager for assets outside the nuclear licence site boundaries, in accordance with the NDA’s Land and Property Management Strategy. Over the next 3 years, the company will continue to optimise the use of assets for the benefit of the NDA, whilst disposing those surplus to requirements. Selective capital projects will be completed.

Key Activities 2019 to 2022

• Effective and proactive management of the property portfolio to include projects for repair work and improved environmental stewardship.
• Development of Off Site Command Facility at Moresby for Sellafield Ltd. *Completion of snagging to the Nuclear Archive and CNC facility. *To proactively dispose of surplus assets when no longer required by the NDA Group.

Rutherford Indemnity Limited

Rutherford Indemnity Limited is a regulated Guernsey insurance company dedicated to the provision of property, nuclear liability and other insurance to the NDA and Group. Over the next 3 years, Rutherford will continue to focus on the provision of insurance cover, at competitive rates, to support the NDA programme, with particular focus on nuclear liability cover and provision of support for changes arising from expected revisions to the Nuclear Installations Act 1965.

Key Activities 2019 to 2022

• Provide optimal insurance coverage to the NDA to support its Group-wide insurance programme and exploit opportunities to reduce overall cost of insurable risk.
• Explore all avenues to develop potential innovative solutions to the increased financial security or insurance requirements resulting from the Nuclear Installations (Liability For Damage) Order 2016 and to respond to emerging demands for new or additional policy cover. *Continue to deliver the target return on the investment portfolio, protecting Rutherford’s ability to offer insurance on a cost effective basis, maintaining liquidity in order to be able to respond promptly to major loss. *Continue to explore ways to use a prudent proportion of Rutherford’s investment portfolio to support infrastructure investment in the NDA Group. *Implement new ways of working following changes in the group broking arrangements designed to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

International Nuclear Services Limited

INS contributes to delivering the NDA’s strategy by providing specialist nuclear transport, design and licensing services.This involves the domestic and international transportation of a range of nuclear materials in support of UK decommissioning. INS operates a subsidiary company, Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL), the world’s most experienced marine transporter of specialist nuclear materials.

Its refreshed strategy sets out how it will consolidate its position as a key strategic asset and use the expertise and capabilities it has built up in the past to become the best global provider of nuclear transport solutions in the future. INS will retain its primary objective to support the NDA’s mission, but its refreshed strategy will set out how it intends to develop new transport and consultancy business opportunities in the UK and overseas to deliver value to NDA as shareholder.

To achieve these strategic objectives the next 3 years will see INS take steps to create an even higher performing, diverse and innovative organisation whilst continuing to deliver key transport services in support of the UK decommissioning programme and for existing international customers.

Key Activities 2019 to 2022

• Support the NDA’s decommissioning programme by providing transport and technical solutions for movements of nuclear material in the UK. *Continue to deliver important international transports of nuclear materials including Spent Fuel, Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel, vitrified High Level Waste (HLW) and conditioned Intermediate Level Waste (ILW). *Seek opportunities for new international business within nuclear shipping, packaging and design and establish a consultancy that provides transport enabling solutions to UK and international markets. *Maintain a leading fleet of specialist nuclear transport vessels and crews that, by undertaking regular shipments, meets the highest standards of quality, safety and security. *Continue to develop a strategic partnership with Direct Rail Services including the creation of a joint consultancy offering that combines the nuclear transport capabilities of both organisations. *Implement a series of transformation activities that make INS more competitive, innovative and efficient whilst ensuring it has the right skills, capability and diversity of talent to deliver in a safe, secure and reliable manner.

Glossary

References

1. Freedom of Information Act 2000
2. Data Protection Act (1998)
3. Environmental Information Regulations (2004)
4. Magnox Operating Programme 9 (2012)
5. Energy Act (2004)

Useful links and documentation

1. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
2. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
3. Sellafield Ltd
4. Magnox Ltd
5. LLWR Ltd
6. Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
7. Capenhurst Nuclear Services Ltd
8. Springfields Fuels Ltd
9. International Nuclear Services Ltd
10. Radioactive Waste Management Ltd
11. Direct Rail Services
12. NDA Strategy - March 2016
13. NDA Annual Report and Accounts 2017-2018
14. Nuclear Decommissioning: research and development (brochures) Nov 2016
15. NDA R&D 5 year plan 2014 to 2019
16. NDA Direct Research Portfolio (DRP) Projects: Quarterly Update
17. Nuclear Decommissioning: attracting and retaining skills (brochure) Nov 2016