303 Decommissioning of nuclear sites etc
Energy Act 2023 (2023 c 52) | Legislation

303  Decommissioning of nuclear sites etc

(1)     The Nuclear Installations Act 1965 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 1 (restriction of certain nuclear installations to licensed sites), after subsection (12) (inserted by section 302 of this Act) insert—

“(13)     The reference in subsection (1) to operating a nuclear reactor or an installation of a prescribed kind includes a reference to decommissioning a nuclear reactor or such an installation.”

(3)     In section 3 (grant and variation of nuclear site licences)—

(a)     in subsection (12)(b), for the words from “there” to the end substitute “the applicable condition or conditions set out in section 3A are met.”;

(b)     after subsection (12) insert—

“(12A)     The appropriate national authority must consult the Health and Safety Executive before varying a nuclear site licence under subsection (12).”

(4)     After section 3 insert—

“3A Exclusion of part of site from licence: applicable conditions

(1)     This section sets out the applicable condition or conditions for excluding any part of a licensed site (“the relevant part”) from a nuclear site licence.

(2)     Where a prescribed disposal installation is or has at any time been situated within the relevant part, the applicable condition is that there is no danger from

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