Environment Food and Rural Affairs written statement – made at on 30 November 2006.
Ian Pearson
Minister of State (Climate Change and the Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs made an oral statement on the report of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) on
As part of arrangements for securing the geological disposal for the UK's higher activity radioactive waste, the statement proposed transfer of ownership of United Kingdom Nirex Ltd. from DEFRA and DTI to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). After allowing Nirex a period for comment on how this proposed share transfer could best be brought about I am pleased to confirm the transfer has now taken place.
The NDA will now begin a three month TUPE consultation on integration arrangements for transferring staff into the organisation.
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