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On target
Behind target with possibility of recovery
Behind target with possibility of recovery
Behind target
Behind target

Safety and Environmental Performance Key

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Capenhurst

Capenhurst site building 

Capenhurst
Sellafield Sites
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 6ER

Tel. 0151 3394101

Capenhurst is located near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, adjacent to Urenco (the Uranium Enrichment Company), and has an area of 32 hectares covered by the nuclear site licence. It was home to a uranium enrichment plant and associated facilities that ceased operation in 1982.

 

Location

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Age

Operated from 1953 - 1982

Site Licensee

Sellafield Limited

Status

Decommissioning and Termination

Progress against this year's targets

Status as at end Quarter 3 (end December 2011) - next update due April 2012


Site Restoration

Target Status Commentary

Prioritisation of funding for high risk and hazard legacy wastes

On target

On track

Nuclear Materials

Target Status Commentary

 Review the business case for potential consolidations of nuclear materials

On target

On track

Support Government policy development for plutonium options

On target

Complete. Preferred options paper delivered on schedule in June 2011.

Spent Fuels

Target Status Commentary

Provide programme cohesive overview of the Magnox Operating Programme (MOP)

On target

On track

Integrated Waste Management

Target Status Commentary

Drive adoption and implementation of the Low Level Waste (LLW) Strategy (ACCELS)

On target

On track - Note: The title ACCELS has now been dropped and we are now just referencing to this as our National Programme for implementation of the UK Strategy for the Management of Solid Low Level Radioactive Waste from the Nuclear Industry (published August 2010)

Business Optimisation

Target Status Commentary

Secure a future for Capenhurst that maximises overall value for money

On target

Complete

Critical Enablers

Target Status Commentary

Combined development of Skills and People Strategy

On target

On track

Continue development of effective stakeholder engagement

On target

On track

Embed the new ways of working in the NDA and estate following the Organisational Review

On target

On track

Embed the updated Strategy

On target

On track

Ensure delivery of 10% support and overhead cost reductions

On target

On track

Extend contracts through to completion of competition for Magnox and RSRL

On target

On track

Complete new Parent Body (PBO) contract award for Dounreay

On target

On track

Review delivery of NDA's socio-economic obligations

On target

On track

Review National Nuclear Archive project in line with NDA Information and Knowledge Management Strategy

On target

On track


Safety and Environmental Performance

Status as at end Quarter 3 (end December 2011) - next update due April 2012

Nuclear Safety
Industrial Safety
Environmental Safety