Guidance
Decisions determined before JoPIIRR came to force in 2004
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| Justification decisions that were expressly determined in the UK before JoPIIRR came into force on 2 August 2004. Requirement under Regulation 19 that these decisions (dealt with in Regulation 8) appear on the Register | |||||||
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| Reference Number | Practice/Class or Type of Practice | Applicant | Justified | Date of Decision | Decision made by | Conditions & Limitations Attached | Related Documents |
| 1 | Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) | BNFL plc | Yes | Dec-93 | Secretary of State (SoS) for Environment & MAFF Minister | Not set | 1) Decision by the SoS for the Environment and the Minister of MAFF in respect of an application from BNFL for Authorisations to discharge radioactive wastes from the Sellafield site |
| 2 | Practices at Amersham Cardiff, specifically production of compounds labelled with radioactivity, for use in health care and life sciences and in industry | Amersham International plc and Kodak Clinical Diagnostics Limited | Yes | Sep-94 | Chief Inspector of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution (HMIP) and SoS for Wales | Not set | 1) Explanatory Memorandum for public consultation on authorisations for Amersham Cardiff. HMIP/Welsh Office, September 1994 |
| 3 | Operation of Sizewell B nuclear power station | Nuclear Electric plc | Yes | Nov-94 | Chief Inspector of HMIP & MAFF Minister | Not set | 1) HMIP& MAFF, Radioactive Substances Act 1993. 2) Determination of the Application by Nuclear Electric plc to Dispose of Radioactive Waste from the Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station. 2 November 1994 |
| 4 | Radioactive attachments to lightning conductors | Not set | No | Oct-95 | HMIP | None; programmed disposal of lightning conductors was initiated | 1) HMIP Press release October 1995. 2) Supporting technical and scientific articles can be made available, eg British Standard for Lightning conductors, BS 6651:1990 |
| 5 | AGR and PWR Co Ltd (now British Energy) nuclear power stations | AGR & PWR company Ltd | Yes | Feb-96 | Chief Inspector of HMIP and MAFF Minister | Not set | 1) HMIP and MAFF. Radioactive Substances Act 1993. 2) Determination of the Applications by the AGR & PWR company Ltd for Authorisations to dispose of radioactive wastes from the Dungeness B, Hartlepool, Heyshgam 1, Heysham 2, Hinkley Point B and Sizewell B Nuclear Power Stations |
| 6 | Practices at the AEAT facilities at Harwell, Windscale and Winfrith (the practices are not described in detail in the Decision Document) | AEA Technology plc and The Winfrith Technolgy Centre | Yes | May-96 | Environment Agency (EA) | Not set | 1) Environment Agency. Radioactive Substances Act 1993 . 2) Decisions on applications by AEATechnology plc to dispose of radioactive wastes from : 3) The Winfrith Technolgy Centre, Dorceshter, Dorset; 4) Premises on the Harwell Site, Didcot, Oxfordshire; Building 75, Windscale, Cumbria |
| 7 | Operation of the Sellafield Solvent Treatment plant | BNFL plc | Yes | Oct-98 | EA, accepted by Defra and MAFF Ministers | Not set | 1) Environment Agency. Document Containing the Agency's Proposed Decisions on the Variations to the Liquid and Gaseous Discharge Authorisations - BNFL plc at Sellafield" . October 1998. |
| 8 | Uranium Commissioning of the Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) plant | BNFL plc | Yes | Jun-99 | SoS for Environment, Transport & the Regions and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food | Uranium Commissioning only | 1) Hard copies only of the EA's proposed decision. 2) The Minister's final decision can be found online http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/consult/mox/3.htm |
| 9 | Use of X/Gamma radiation scanners for detecting people | Home Offiice | Yes | Sep-01 | SoS for the Home Office | Not set | 1) Justification case and Consultation Report for the use of X/Gamma scanners by the Immigration Service. 2) Home Secretary final decision. |
| 10 | Manufacture of Mixed Oxide fuel (MOX) | BNFL plc | Yes | Oct-01 | SoS for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and S of S for Health | BNFL have undertken that it will not use the SMP for the manufacture of MOX fuel from plutonium other than plutonium seperated in THORP and belonging to foreign customers without first seeking clearance from the responsible Secretary of State to proceed | 1) EA's proposed decision, 2) Ministers' final decision and 3) a document containing the main issues raised in the consultation exercises, with Ministers' views on these issues. |