Streamline regulatory justification
Streamline regulatory justification
Propose legislation that would deem the grant of a planning permission, the completion of Stage 2 of the GDA, or the grant of a nuclear site licence for a nuclear installation to be a justified practice.
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs should issue a Regulation 12 determination that 'the use of ionising radiation for the generation of electricity from nuclear energy using uranium oxide fuel of low enrichment in fissile content in light water cooled, water moderated thermal reactors' is justified.
Given we are not persuaded that there is a legal impediment to this route, in the event this target is not met, Government should propose amending the regulations via primary legislation, deeming that light-water reactors are deemed to be justified.
Government Response: Regulatory justification application within six months
The Government will work with GBE-N to submit a regulatory justification application to DEFRA within six months for all Light Water Reactors. It is going further by using the experience gained from this process to streamline justification for other reactor classes, with legislative change if needed. This represents a concrete and time-bound commitment that directly addresses the Taskforce's concern about duplicative justification requirements, and the extension to non-LWR technologies exceeds the original scope.
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