Sellafield decommissioning cost


British media have ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the cost was of decommissioning the nuclear site at Sellafield in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the cost in each year to 2016.


Charles Hendry (Minister of State (Renewable Energy), Energy and Climate Change; Wealden, Conservative)

Decommissioning at Sellafield includes all activities from post operational clean out, waste treatment, maintenance of facilities and interim storage before final disposal. The following table sets out what the cost of decommissioning the nuclear site at Sellafield was in each of the last five years, alongside the projected costs in the 2010 spending review period.

Sellafield decommissioning cost

    £ million
2006-07     447
2007-08     584
2008-09     662
2009-10     660
2010-11     662
2011-12     762
2012-13     837
2013-14     813
2014-15     741

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