Part 1The Civil Nuclear Industry

Chapter 1Nuclear decommissioning

Principal function of NDA

I16Designations relating to Scotland

1

A direction under section 3 which—

a

gives the NDA responsibilities falling within subsection (2), or

b

removes or varies any such responsibilities,

may be given only by the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers, acting jointly.

2

The following responsibilities fall within this subsection—

a

responsibility for the cleaning-up of a site in Scotland which is a principal nuclear site without being a licensable site;

b

responsibility for the cleaning-up of a contaminated site in Scotland;

c

responsibility for the operation of facilities for treating or storing hazardous material in or on a site in Scotland which is a principal nuclear site without being a licensable site;

d

responsibility for the operation in or on a nuclear site in Scotland of a facility for the disposal of hazardous material;

e

responsibility, in specified circumstances, for the disposal at a site in Scotland of hazardous material;

f

responsibility for the treatment or storage of hazardous material that may, in the discharge of that responsibility, be treated or stored in or on a site in Scotland which is not a licensable site;

g

responsibility for the decommissioning of an installation comprised in NDA facilities that are situated in or on a site in Scotland which is a principal nuclear site without being a licensable site.

3

Before giving a direction under section 3 which—

a

gives the NDA responsibilities for the operation in or on a licensable site in Scotland of a facility for the non-processing treatment of hazardous material;

b

gives it responsibilities not falling within subsection (2)(f) for the non-processing treatment or the storage of hazardous material the treatment or storage of which, in the discharge of those responsibilities, may take place in or on a site in Scotland;

c

gives it responsibilities for the operation in or on a licensable site in Scotland of a facility for the storage of hazardous material; or

d

removes or varies any responsibilities mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c),

the Secretary of State must consult the Scottish Ministers.

4

In this section—

  • “licensable site” means a site that falls within paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of the definition of a “principal nuclear site” in section 36(2);

  • “non-processing treatment” means treatment that does not consist in the processing or reprocessing of spent or irradiated nuclear fuel.