Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Future of the Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors

Status: Closed Opened: 12 Jan 2022 Closed: 2 Sep 2022 3 recommendations 28 conclusions 1 report

The UK’s nuclear power is generated primarily by seven advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) stations, owned by EDF Energy. The AGRs are scheduled to stop generating electricity during this decade, at which point fuel will be removed and transferred to Sellafield for safe storage. The AGRs will then be transferred to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - The future of the Advanced Gas-cooled Reacto… HC 118 20 May 2022 31 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
2 Recommendation Third Report - The future of the Advanc… Accepted

The estimated cost of decommissioning has nearly doubled since 2004–05 and there remains a significant...

The estimated cost of decommissioning has nearly doubled since 2004–05 and there remains a significant risk that the costs will rise further. The estimated cost of decommissioning the AGR stations, plus the PWR at Sizewell B, has increased from £12.6 billion in 2004–05 to £23.5 billion in 2020–21 in real …

Government response. The Department, working with the trustees of the Fund, should ensure the estimates make explicit allowance for the risk of optimism bias and report back to the Committee on the new estimates when they are available. They will reflect the …
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
7 Feb 2022 David Peattie · Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Jerry Haller · EDF Energy, Sarah Munby · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Umran Nazir · Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
28 Feb 2022 Correspondence from Sarah Munby Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Department …