U.K. NDA Plan Calls for ?3.31 billion in Spending Next Year

The U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is calling for a spending level of £3.31 billion ($5.18 billion) in the 2015/16 fiscal year, according to a draft business plan released yesterday covering cleanup sites across the U.K. from 2015 to 2018. Out of that, £2.09 billion ($3.27 million) will be funded by U.K. government and £1.22 billion ($1.91 billion) by income from commercial operations. That funding level is “in line” with previous estimates, the plan states. The largest share of the funding would go to Sellafield at £1.95 billion ($3.05 billion), compared to £1.8 billion in the 2014/15 year. That’s followed by Magnox and Research Sites Restoration Ltd. at £602 million, compared to £729 million in the previous plan and Dounreay at £209 million, compared to £172 million in the previous plan.