Issue - decisions

24/00070 - Nuclear Compliance 2024

23/08/2024 - 24/00070 - Nuclear Compliance 2024

Decision: Cabinet Member for Community and Regulatory Services to agree to:

 

  1. APPROVE The Reduction to the Detailed Emergency Planning Zone (DEPZ) for offsite emergency planning for the Dungeness B Nuclear Power Station. 

 

  1. APPROVE the amendments to Kent County Council’s Offsite Emergency Plan to reflect the reduction in risk around the site, following the defueling of the Dungeness B Nuclear Power Station, to reflect current planning assumptions. 

 

  1. DELEGATE authority to the Director of Infrastructure in their capacity as strategic lead for Resilience & Emergency Planning, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Community and Regulatory Services, to take decisions on the future size of the DEPZ.