2017 Report details for project: Geological Disposal Facility Programme (GDF)

Project name Geological Disposal Facility Programme (GDF) - there are 11 reports for this project: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
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Organisation BEIS (D1198) - see all reports for this organisation
Report year 2017 (data is from September 2016)
Category Infrastructure - see all reports for this category
Description: The primary objective of the programme is to site and construct a permanent geological disposal facility (GDF) as the safe, secure and environmentally responsible solution to the long-term management of higher-activity radioactive waste in the UK, excluding Scotland. The programme also supports the delivery of the UK's nuclear new build programme because before development consents for new nuclear power stations are granted, the Government needs to be satisfied that effective arrangements exist or will exist to manage and dispose of the wastes they will produce. The programme complies with all public procurement policy obligations including the guidance in Procurement Policy Note 16/15. The developer will be able to provide data once we are in the implementation phase of the programme ie we have a designated site and a site specific rather than a generic design.
DCA (RAG) Amber
DCA text: The rating continues to reflect the inherent uncertainty of being at the early stages of a long term project that involves working in partnership with local communities.
Start date 2008-06-30
End date 2040-12-31
Schedule text Planning schedules are in line with the ambition to identify a site and construct a GDF by the 2040s and are kept under review by the developer, Radioactive Waste Management Ltd.
Baseline £28.47m
Forecast £28.53m
Variance 0.00%
Variance text: Budget variance less than 5%.
Whole Life Cost £11,751.97m
WLCost text: Whole Life Cost figure represents the estimated cost of designing, constructing and operating the GDF out to 2130s. Note that the figures reported here only covers costs related to a GDF for legacy waste and waste arising from the existing fleet of nuclear reactors, they do not include any provisions for waste disposal from a new nuclear build programme, as this will be funded by new nuclear operators. Figures are provided in real rather than nominal values due to the long timescales associated with the programme.
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