Recommendation 22

There are still some important aspects of transfer that are yet to be agreed. The NDA and EDFE recognise there are issues around transfer that will need to be agreed but believe they have sufficient time to sort out the remaining points.35 They established nine working groups in 2021 to negotiate what will be transferred. The NAO, however, found that some issues surrounding the transfer of AGR stations to the NDA and Magnox Ltd were likely to become pressing long before transfer. These included: clarity of what the transfer means for the workforce on AGR stations; building Magnox Ltd’s capacity to take on management of the stations; Magnox Ltd becoming the site licensee at each station; agreement on how contracts with suppliers to each station will be handled; and a lack of certainty about the exact land boundary and facilities that the NDA and Magnox Ltd will receive.36 The NDA told us the cooperation between it and EDFE was “excellent”. EDFE similarly noted that both had a common interest in ensuring a seamless transfer, but acknowledged that there was a lot of detail to work through.37