Content of funded decommissioning programmes5
1
A person who submits a funded decommissioning programme must show separately in that programme the estimates of the costs likely to be incurred in connection with—
a
the disposal of intermediate level waste and spent fuel; and
b
all other designated technical matters.
2
In this regulation—
“intermediate level waste” means radioactive waste—
- a
which has a level of radioactivity above four gigabecquerels per tonne (GBq/te) of alpha activity or twelve GBq/te of beta or gamma activity; and
- b
which does not generate heat which needs to be taken into account in the design of storage or disposal facilities;
- a
“spent fuel” means nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in and permanently removed from a reactor core.