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

• Citation: S.I. 2010/2850
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

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.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“interim 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;

“intermediate level waste” means radioactive waste—

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

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

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

Section 3 Designated technical matters

For the purposes of section 45(6)(a) of the Energy Act 2008, the designated technical matters are—

(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.