Performance Updates
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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 Sizewell A 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
| Current plans are for the complete removal of all contamination, removal of structures to 1 metre below ground level and delicensing. |
Current Key Milestones
| Year | Milestones |
|---|---|
| 2006 | End of operations - cessation of electricity generation |
| 2009 | Defuelling - end of defuelling, all irradiated fuel elements delivered to Sellafield |
| 2013 | ILW store complete - waste store constructed to house Sizewell A’s waste |
| 2015 | Turbine Hall demolition - major redundant plant and building demolished |
| 2018 | Initial decommissioning phase complete - care and maintenance preparations complete |
| 2048 | Removal of ILW store - waste store removed prior to final site clearance |
| 2110 | Final site clearance and closure |