Department of Energy and Climate Change

The public consultation on the Proposed Decisions as Justifying Authority that two new nuclear power station designs, Westinghouse’s AP1000 and AREVA’s EPR, are Justified under the Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004 closed on 22 February 2010.

Volume 1 summarised the purpose of this consultation and provided guidance on how to respond. Volume 2 and Volume 3 set out the proposed decisions on the AP1000 and the EPR respectively.

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Consultation documents

Please use the response form below to structure your response to the questions.

In connection with the consultation, a report by Integrated Decision Management (IDM) is available below:

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• Proposed 0.15 mSv dose constraint: The Nuclear Industry Association (the Applicant) has confirmed that the statement in Annex E of volumes 2 and 3 of the consultation, referred to in paragraph 3.62 of Volume 2 and paragraph 3.58 of Volume 3, that “We confirm that designs within the proposed practice (and also their associated waste management and disposal facilities) would be capable of meeting such a dose constraint for members of the public set at 0.15 mSv per year” means that the proposed power stations including spent fuel interim storage facilities and waste conditioning and encapsulation plants would be capable of meeting a 0.15mSv/y dose constraint.
• Errata to consultation documents: Please note that the corrections detailed in the document below have been made to the consultation documents since publication:

Regulatory Justification Public Engagement Event

On 19 January 2010, DECC held a public engagement event as part of the consultation. A transcript of the event, together with the slides from the presentations made at the event, are available below: