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Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 2850

Nuclear Energy

The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Designated Technical Matters) Order 2010

Made

29th November 2010

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45(6)(a) and 104 of the Energy Act 2008( 1 ) makes the following Order.

In accordance with section 105(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Designated Technical Matters) Order 2010 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

2. In this Orderβ€”

β€œinterim store” means a store which is used for the storage of intermediate level waste or spent fuel from a nuclear installation on the site where the store is located and where the store is built during the operation of a nuclear installation on the site;

β€œintermediate level waste” means radioactive wasteβ€”

(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)

where the heat generated by the waste does not need to be taken into account in the design of an interim store;

β€œspent fuel” means nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in and permanently removed from a reactor core.

Designated technical matters

3. For the purposes of section 45(6)(a) of the Energy Act 2008, the designated technical matters areβ€”

(a) the construction and maintenance of an interim store; and

(b) any activity preparatory to the decommissioning of a relevant nuclear installation and the cleaning up of the site.

Charles Hendry

Minister of State

Department of Energy and Climate Change

29th November 2010

( 1 )

2008 c.32 .

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The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Designated Technical Matters) Order 2010 (2010/2850)

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Defined TermSection/ArticleIDScope of Application
interim storeart. 2.interim_st_rtQxxbl
intermediate level wasteart. 2.intermedia_rtAPTey
spent fuelart. 2.spent_fuel_rts1YW1
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