Written question asked by Richard Graham (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 September 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 September 2010. It was answered by Charles Hendry (Conservative) on Monday, 11 October 2010 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Magnox Electric

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with Magnox North Ltd and Magnox South Ltd on the formation of a single site licence company; and by what date he expects legal integration of the two to have been achieved.

Answer: This is an operational matter for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), which owns the Magnox sites. The NDA has been liaising with Magnox North-Ltd and Magnox South Ltd-on their reintegration into a single-site licence company (SLC). Reintegration of the two SLCs is a key part of the overall plan of the Parent Body Organisation, EnergySolutions, which owns the SLCs, to reduce the-costs of managing the sites on behalf of the NDA and to ensure that more money is spent on front-line activities. The programme aims for relicensing into a single SLC to be complete by the end of 2010.

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