Nuclear decommissioning

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Practice Note: Nuclear decommissioning—regulatory considers some of the regulatory issues surrounding nuclear decommissioning, including decommissioning nuclear installations under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (NuIA 1965), the Office of Nuclear Regulation’s decommissioning, fuel and waste programme,

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