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—

    1. 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

    2. b

      which does not generate heat which needs to be taken into account in the design of storage or disposal facilities;

  • “spent fuel” means nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in and permanently removed from a reactor core.