Nuclear Restoration Services Limited - Trawsfynydd Decommissioning Site, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 4DT

We have received a variation application from Nuclear Restoration Services Limited.

Variation to an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Application number: EPR/GB3835DE
Regulated facility type: Schedule 23, Part 2 para 11(2)(b) Disposal of radioactive waste on or from the premises; and Schedule 23, Part 2 para 11(4)(a) Receipt of radioactive waste for the purpose of disposal
Regulated facility location: Trawsfynydd Decommissioning Site, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 4DT

The variation application is for the demolition, infilling, and capping of the Trawsfynydd Ponds Complex, a set of relatively low-profile buildings situated between the two reactor buildings at the former Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station site.

The application contains a description of how the proposed changes may affect the installation; the materials, substances and energy it will use and generate; the conditions of its site; the source, nature and quantity of its foreseeable emissions and their potential impact, the proposed techniques for preventing, reducing, and monitoring its emissions and preventing and recovering waste; and an outline of the main alternatives, if any, considered.

You can see the application documents by phoning our Customer Service Centre on 0300 065 3000 or emailing permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk to arrange that a copy be sent to you. We may charge to cover copying costs.

If you have any comments send these by 6 August 2024.

Email: permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

Or write to

Installations and RSR Team Leader
Permitting Service
Natural Resources Wales
Crown Buildings
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ

We must decide whether to issue or refuse the application.  If we issue it, we must decide how the permit conditions should be issued.