Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform written question – answered at on 15 September 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the length of time spent nuclear fuel discharged from the reactor cores of the new nuclear reactors planned would remain in store at the respective reactor site or sites prior to removal for long-term management.
The management of any spent fuel arising from the operation of new build reactors in the UK is a matter for the owners of that material, namely the operators. However, the current assumption is that any fuel would remain in storage at the reactor site through life pending disposal. We believe that interim storage provides an extendable, safe and secure means of containing waste for as long as it takes to site and construct a geological disposal facility.
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