Future Plans

Location

Chapelcross Location

Performance Updates

Find out more about Chapelcross's Performance, visit our Programme Performance Updates section.

See also

NDA Strategy Document

NDA Strategy Document

We are in the process of revising
the Strategy that was approved by
Government in 2006:

PDF Strategy (approved by Government 2006) (3Mb)

We will be launching our Draft Strategy II
for consultation in August 2010. 

Click here for more information on Draft Strategy II

Find more documents in our comprehensive Document Library.

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Future Plans

This section provides a brief description of the Chapelcross 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

The end state of this site is currently undetermined and will await the outcome of the site end state consultation. However, it is envisaged that the site will be decommissioned for industrial use.

Current Key Milestones

 Year

 Milestone

 2007 Cooling Tower Demolition
 2009 Completion of Defuelling – vast majority of the radioactive inventory being removed from the site
 2021 Start of Care and Maintenance phase – all fuel removed and all plant, facilities and buildings other than reactor buildings fully decommissioned
 2116 End of long term care and maintenance phase - commencement of final decommissioning of reactor buildings
 2128 Final site clearance and available for potential re-use