According to the Authority, during 2008 employees have been undertaking work to support the period of extended generation, including evaluation of the Periodic Safety Review, the key document used by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) to check the safety of the site.
The UK Environment Agency, which has also been involved in this program of work, has confirmed that changes to the current authorization are not necessary. EnergySolutions has said that its employees will work to maintain environmental standards that played a role in the decision to continue operation of the Oldbury facility.
Steve Creamer, CEO and chairman of EnergySolutions, said: “We appreciate the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) taking the time to evaluate this facility and granting the license extension.”
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is a non-departmental public body, established under the Energy Act 2004. It is responsible for the decommissioning and clean-up of the UK’s civil public sector nuclear sites. The sponsoring Government department is the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) which approves our strategy, plans and budget.
