Performance Updates
Find out more about Calder Hall's Performance, visit our Programme Performance Updates section.
NDA Strategy Document
After extensive consultation with our stakeholders, Government approved our Strategy published on 30 March 2006
NDA Strategy (pdf)
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This section provides a brief description of the Calder Hall site as outlined in the NDA's Strategy.
The scope, schedule and cost of work needed to decommission the sites are reviewed annually by the NDA and its contractors during the Lifetime Plan (LTP) review process.
Site End State
| Site cleared for potential delicensing. |
Current Key Milestones
The key decommissioning milestones for the lifecycle of this site, taken from the 2004 Life Cycle Baseline (LCBL) - Note: Life Cycle Baselines have since been replaced by the Lifetime Plans.
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Cooling Tower Demolition |
| 2008 | Completion of defuelling – vast majority of the radioactive inventory being removed from the site |
| 2020 | Start of care and maintenance phase – all fuel removed and all plant, facilities and buildings other than reactor buildings fully decommissioned |
| 2105 | End of care and maintenance phase - commencement of final decommissioning of reactor buildings |
| 2112 | Demolition of all four reactor buildings completed - site ready for final clearance, ground remediation and landscaping. |
| 2117 | Final site clearance and available for potential re-use. |