UK Atomic Energy Authority to cut nuke clean up cost by

UK Atomic Energy Authority to cut nuke clean up cost by $2.18-bil

London (Platts)--12Oct2004


The UK's Atomic Energy Authority has cut the estimated cost of its nuclear
clean up program by GBP1.5-bil ($2.18-bil) it said late Monday. Its total
estimated cost of the clean up was slashed to GBP4.8-bil from GBP6.3-bil and
its end-date for decommissioning its nuclear sites was cut by up to 35 years
UKAEA said. 

In a site by site break down decommissioning of Winfrith was
brought forward to 2015 from 2050 with the cost cut to GBP0.44-bil from
GBP0.72-bil. Harwell decommissioning was brought forward to 2025 from 2049
with costs cut to GBP0.82-bil from GBP1-bil. Windscale decommissioning
including the removal of damaged fuel and isotopes has been brought forward to
2015 with costs reduced to GBP0.6-bil from GBP0.71-bil. The Dounray clean up
will be completed in 2036 instead of 2063 with the costs reduced by GBP1-bil
to GBP2.7-bil. UKAEA said that the cost and time reductions were achieved by
a range of measures including the use of technologies from other industries,
cost effective treatment of fuels and reductions in infrastructure costs.

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