Defining intermediate risk prescribed sites: further consultation
Government is seeking views on nuclear third party liability and revised criteria for the definition of intermediate risk nuclear sites.
This consultation sets out revised criteria for the definition of intermediate risk nuclear sites in the draft Nuclear Installations (Prescribed Sites and Transport) Regulations. Sites which meet these criteria represent a lower risk of causing significant damage in the event of a nuclear incident. Therefore setting a lower level of liability recognises this lower risk and reduces the cost of operators’ mandatory insurance cover in line with this lower risk.
Government is consulting on the revised definition because the earlier consultation on this subject raised a number of points that have now been addressed.
We are seeking views on the revised criteria and if there are any suggestions for improving them.
The impact assessment for these proposals has been revised to show the effect of the change in the definition.