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  • Interim government response to Dr Mike Weightman’s final report on Fukushima, Dec 2011

    Interim Government response to Dr Mike Weightman’s final report on Fukushima (Dec 2011)

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Security for construction phase of nuclear power stations: Impact assessments (final)

    Outlines policy options, including alternatives to regulation, for dealing with issue of security for new nuclear power stations.

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letter from Dr Mike Weightman to Secretary of State, 30 September 2011

    The letter the Chief Nuclear Inspector sent to Chris Huhne alongside his final report on Fukushima.

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Assessing radioactive waste disposal sites

    This consultation sought views on how potential sites for geological disposal of higher activity waste will be identified and assessed during…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Habitats Regulations Assessment of the revised draft Nuclear National Policy Statement

    Reports the revised Habitats Regulations Assessment (including Appropriate Assessment) and takes into account the changes to the draft Nuclear…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government response to Dr Mike Weightman’s interim report on Fukushima

    The letter sets out in more detail the Government’s plans to take forward work in the areas identified by the report as having actions of direct…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Radioactive Substances Exemption Order 2010: statutory instruments

    The Radioactive Substances Exemption Order 2010: statutory instruments

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Managing our plutonium stocks

    This consultation concerned the long-term management of the UK’s stock of separated civil plutonium. In his Annual Energy Statement to Parliament…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Revised Funded Decommissioning Programme guidance for new nuclear power stations

    This consultation followed the publication in February 2008 of the consultation on funded decommissioning programme guidance for new nuclear…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Managing solid low level radioactive waste from the UK's non-nuclear industry

    This draft strategy fulfils the first part of the Government’s commitment to produce a UK-wide strategy for the management of solid low level…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nitrous oxide (N2O) in the EU emissions trading system

    This consultation sought views on the Government’s proposals to include nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from nitric acid production into Phase…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation on disposing of high level waste from new nuclear power stations

    This consultation follows the publication of the consultation on a methodology to determine a fixed unit price for waste disposal and updated…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Financing arrangements for nuclear decommissioning and waste handling regulations

    The consultation sought views on a set of draft regulations including a draft order (Designated technical Matters). The Order and the regulations…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government

  • Pricing the disposal of our higher grade nuclear waste

    On 25 March 2010, the Government published this consultation on a methodology to determine a fixed unit price for waste disposal and updated…

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government

  • Managing radioactive waste safely: a framework for implementing geological disposal

    A white paper issued in June 2008 by Defra, BERR and the devolved administrations for Wales and Northern Ireland.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 3 others
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    First published during the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government

  • The decommissioning of the UK nuclear industry's facilities

    Statement of the UK Government and devolved administrations’ policy on the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.

    • From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
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    First published during the 1997 to 2007 Blair Labour government

  • Radioactive waste management policy review 1994

    The conclusions of the government's 1994 review of radioactive waste management policy.

    • From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
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    First published during the 1990 to 1997 Major Conservative government