The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

NOTICE OF A DETERMINATION ON CLASS OR TYPE OF PRACTICE UNDER THE JUSTIFICATION OF PRACTICES INVOLVING IONISING RADIATION REGULATIONS 2004

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change wishes to announce that he has determined that each of the four classes or types of practice set out below qualifies as a new class or type of practice for the purposes of the Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/1769):

(i)  the generation of electricity from nuclear energy using oxide fuel of low enrichment in fissile content in a light water cooled, heavy water moderated thermal reactor currently known as the ACR-1000 designed by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd;

(ii)  the generation of electricity from nuclear energy using oxide fuel of low enrichment in fissile content in a light water cooled, light water moderated thermal reactor currently known as the AP1000 designed by Westinghouse Electric Company LLC;

(iii)  the generation of electricity from nuclear energy using oxide fuel of low enrichment in fissile content in a light water cooled, light water moderated thermal reactor currently known as the EPR designed by AREVA NP; and

(iv)  the generation of electricity from nuclear energy using oxide fuel of low enrichment in fissile content in a light water cooled, light water moderated thermal reactor currently known as the ESBWR designed by GE-Hitachi.

The Secretary of State’s determination and the consultation on which it is based is publicly available on the Department of Energy and Climate Change website at: http://decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_do/uk_supply/energy_mix/nuclear/new/reg_just/reg_just.aspx