04 December 2008
Socio Economic Panel
Panel to consider funding requests under £100,000.
05 November 2008
7th National Stakeholder Group Meeting
The National Stakeholder Group allows declared stakeholders to engage with NDA on various issues of national interest.
15 October 2008
Plutonium Workshop 2008
This workshop will feed back the stakeholder views on plutonium options and explain how we plan to incorporate views into the advice that we provide to Government.
Press Enquiries
For urgent enquiries out of office hours, please use the mobile phone numbers below:
Bill Hamilton
Head of Communications
Office: 01925 802193
Mobile: 07816 315132
Brian Hough
Communications Manager
Office: 01925 802177
Mobile: 07812 554009
Richard Flynn
Communications Manager
Office: 01925 802075
Mobile: 07812 553965
Pip Hatt
Communications Manager
Office: 01925 802255
Mobile: 07837 042539
06 August 2008
Geological Disposal Consultations Launched
The NDA has published consultation documents on its framework for stakeholder engagement and communication during development of the geological disposal facility; and proposals for sustainability appraisal and environmental assessment as part of implementing geological disposal.
28 July 2008
Annual HSSE Report Published
NDA has published its third Annual Health, Safety, Security and Environment Report on the performance of the NDA and its contractors that manage nuclear licensed sites.
25 July 2008
Response to Guardian Article of 24th July
The NDA submitted a response to the editor of the Guardian newspaper relating to its article of 24 July.
23 July 2008
Energy Coast Initiative and NNL
NDA welcomes Britain’s Energy Coast initiative and the National Nuclear Laboratory(NNL).
17 July 2008
Annual Report 2007/08 laid before Parliament
NDA has today laid its 2007/08 Annual Report & Accounts before Parliament.
PAC Report Recommendations Welcomed
10 July 2008
The NDA welcomes the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report and its recommendations.
From the moment the nuclear legacy came under our control in April 2005 the NDA recognised that it would take at least three years to develop a significant understanding of the 50 years of civil nuclear legacy in order to develop an underpinned lifetime cost of the 125 year programme to clean-up 19 sites.
The evidence from overseas, where they are a few years ahead in decommissioning terms, shows that the application of world-class project management and innovation acts to drive down costs over time. We are already seeing signs of that emerging here in the UK as we move forward with competitions to bring in new Parent Body Organisations (PBOs) to manage the companies who do the work on the ground. For example, at the Low Level Waste Repository near Drigg in Cumbria, where the first new Parent Body Organisation took over in April this year, following a successful competition, the new contractor has already identified efficiencies and new ways of working which are reducing the lifetime cost of the project significantly whilst extending the site's operational life.
In spite of the many challenges we have faced, including income volatility, we are continuing to make progress in delivering our core mission and are on track to establish a robust baseline later this year from which we will be able to measure future progress.