• Regard for safety, security and the environment
• The commitment
• Key performance indicators (KPI)
• A common purpose with the regulators
• Commitment to openness, transparency and consultation
• Proposed NDA stakeholder framework
• Opportunities to participate in decision-making

Regard for safety, security and the environment
Ensuring that high standards of safety, security and the environment are maintained is paramount in clean up work. By definition, nuclear clean up involves the handling of dangerous materials. The NDA will ensure that this work is conducted to the highest of standards. Even though competitive tendering will seek to gain value for money in clean up, there will be no short cuts.


The commitment
The Government takes its responsibilities towards protecting health, safety and the environment very seriously. Contractors will only be taken on if they are able to meet stringent standards of safety and security. Once employed, the NDA will require contractors to comply with all relevant regulations. Although regulators will be responsible for monitoring this compliance, NDA will look closely at safety, security and environmental records when deciding whether to award or extend contracts. Contractors who fail to meet the required standard are likely to lose their contracts and be barred from future work.


Key performance indicators (KPI)
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) will be built into contracts in ways that encourage strong environmental and safety performance. Contractors who perform well against key performance indicators can expect to benefit from their good work. Equally, contractors that fail to perform will lose out.


A common purpose with the regulators
The public will only feel confident about legacy management if there continues to be strong, effective and independent regulation. Good relations between the NDA, site licensees and the nuclear regulators are vital to delivery of the clean up programme. There will therefore be no weakening of the independence or the ability of the regulators to act as and when required.


Commitment to openness, transparency and consultation
The White Paper committed the Government to putting in place management arrangements for clean up that are open, transparent, and which command public confidence. The aim therefore is to create an NDA that, from the outset, is a champion of public information, working actively with stakeholders and earning confidence by its actions.


Proposed NDA stakeholder framework
As a first step, work is under way to develop a Stakeholder Engagement Framework that the NDA can build on once it has been established. This framework asks a series of questions about how the NDA should work with stakeholders to ensure that the legacy is cleaned up in the best way possible. To find out more see the proposed Stakeholder Engagement Framework.

We will publish a first draft of a Stakeholder Engagement Framework for consultation later in the year. We are interested in your views. This website will be one way of making your views known.


Opportunities to participate in decision making
You do not have to wait for the NDA to become operational in order to make your views known. The DTI's programme of regional events, which started in March, are one way you can make your views known. Another is to comment on those documents that the Department will be seeking views on over the coming months. And, one of the many purposes of this website is to enable people to input their ideas, opinions and comments as and when they wish to do so. Contact details can be found in the right hand column.


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