Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning

(asked on 24th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultation the Oil and Gas Authority has undertaken on nuclear decommissioning; and whether that authority is subject to the Cabinet Office's Consultation Principles, published in January 2016.


Answered by
Andrea Leadsom Portrait
Andrea Leadsom
This question was answered on 4th July 2016

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is responsible for decommissioning and clean-up of UK’s nuclear legacy sites. The Oil and Gas Authority has no remit for nuclear decommissioning. ­

All OGA consultations will consider the Cabinet Office’s consultation principles where relevant.

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