100200212 Version 004 Company Document NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED NNB GENERATION COMPANY (SZC) LTD COMPANY DOCUMENT APPLICATION FOR NUCLEAR SITE LICENCE- SIZEWELL C HEAD DOCUMENT © 2020 Published in the United Kingdom by NNB Generation Company (SZC) Limited (NNB GenCo), 90 Whitfield Street, London W1T 4EZ. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, without the written permission of the copyright holder NNB GenCo, application for which should be addressed to the publisher. Such written permission must also be obtained before any part of this publication is stored in a retrieval system of any nature. Requests for copies of this document should be referred to Head of Business Architecture, NNB GenCo, 90 Whitfield Street, London W1T 4EZ. The electronic copy is the current issue and printing renders this document uncontrolled.) NNB Generation Company (SZC) Limited. Registered in England and Wales. Registered No. 09284825. Registered office: 90 Whitfield Street, London W1T 4EZ Page 1 of 25 Template No: NNB-301-TEM-000004 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED Parent procedure: NNB-OSL-PRO-000149 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED 100200212 Version 004 Company Document NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Page Intentionally Blank NNB Generation Company (SZC) Limited. Registered in England and Wales. Registered No. 09284825. Registered office: 90 Whitfield Street, London W1T 4EZ Page 2 of 25 Template No: NNB-301-TEM-000004 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED Template Version: 2.0 Parent procedure: NNB-OSL-PRO-000149 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED 100200212 Version 004 Company Document NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 5 2 APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATION ................................................................................ 5 3 REFERENCES AND DEFINITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 6 4 THE APPLICATION FOR NUCLEAR SITE LICENCE ................................................................................................ 9 4.1 NSL for Sizewell C ......................................................................................................................................... 9 4.2 The NSL Application Dossier ......................................................................................................................... 9 4.3 Third Party Nuclear Liability Insurance ....................................................................................................... 10 4.4 Description of the Activities to be Licensed ................................................................................................ 10 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLICANT ................................................................................................................... 11 5.1 Description of NNB GenCo (SZC) and its Shareholders ............................................................................... 11 5.2 Arrangements for the Design and Construction of SZC ............................................................................... 11 6 PROPOSED LOCATION AND NNB GENCO (SZC)’S CONTROL OF THE SZC SITE .................................................. 12 6.1 Location of Proposed SZC Site .................................................................................................................... 12 6.2 NNB GenCo (SZC)’s Control of the SZC Site ................................................................................................. 13 7 THE NUCLEAR SITE LICENCE DOSSIER ............................................................................................................. 13 7.1 Company Manual ....................................................................................................................................... 13 7.2 Nuclear Baseline ........................................................................................................................................ 14 7.3 Management System Manual .................................................................................................................... 14 7.4 SZC Pre-Construction Safety Report ........................................................................................................... 15 7.5 Licence Condition Compliance Matrix ........................................................................................................ 16 7.6 Forward Work Plan .................................................................................................................................... 16 7.7 The Nuclear Safety Committee ................................................................................................................... 16 7.8 SZC NSL Site Plan and Arrangements for Leasing ........................................................................................ 17 8 NUCLEAR RELATED PERMITS, AUTHORISATIONS AND PLANS REQUIRED BY OTHER AUTHORITIES ................. 17 8.1 Generic Design Assessment ........................................................................................................................ 17 8.2 The Justification Decision. .......................................................................................................................... 17 8.3 Government Siting Policy ........................................................................................................................... 18 NNB Generation Company (SZC) Limited. Registered in England and Wales. Registered No. 09284825. Registered office: 90 Whitfield Street, London W1T 4EZ Page 3 of 25 Template No: NNB-301-TEM-000004 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED Template Version: 2.0 Parent procedure: NNB-OSL-PRO-000149 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED 100200212 Version 004 Company Document NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED 8.4 Development Consent Order ..................................................................................................................... 18 8.5 Environment Agency Permits and Authorisations ...................................................................................... 18 8.6 Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty on Radioactive Waste Disposal ............................................................... 19 8.7 Department for Transport Dangerous Goods Division ................................................................................ 19 8.8 Article 41 of the Euratom Treaty on Nuclear Activities ............................................................................... 20 8.9 Funded Decommissioning Programme and Decommissioning Strategy ..................................................... 20 8.10 Security Plan. ............................................................................................................................................. 21 8.11 Safeguards. ................................................................................................................................................ 22 8.12 Emergency Plan .......................................................................................................................................... 22 APPENDIX A CORRELATION OF THE NSL APPLICATION DOSSIER WITH ONR GUIDANCE .............................. 23 APPENDIX B CORPORATE STRUCTURE OF NNB GENCO (SZC) ...................................................................... 25 NNB Generation Company (SZC) Limited. Registered in England and Wales. Registered No. 09284825. Registered office: 90 Whitfield Street, London W1T 4EZ Page 4 of 25 Template No: NNB-301-TEM-000004 UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED Template Version: 2.0 Parent procedure: NNB-OSL-PRO-000149 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED 100200212 Version 004 Company Document NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED 1 INTRODUCTION NNB Generation Company (SZC) Ltd (NNB GenCo (SZC)) was incorporated on 28th October 2014 as a private limited company, company number 092842825. NNB GenCo (SZC) registered office is at 90, Whitfield Street, London W1T 4EZ. NNB GenCo (SZC) is applying to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations for a Nuclear Site Licence (NSL) to install and operate a nuclear installation at its site at Sizewell C (SZC). It is the intention of NNB GenCo (SZC) to construct two EPR units at SZC, units SZC1 and SZC2. This Head Document provides an overview of the Application and summarises the contents of the Application Dossier. The Head Document also summarises the current position on nuclear related permits and authorisations required by other authorities together with nuclear related plans and programmes. 2 APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATION NNB GenCo (SZC) has utilised Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) guidance in developing this Application. In particular, the Application is structured to address ONR guidance set forth in “The Processing of Licence Applications for New Nuclear Sites” [Ref. 1], and The Licensing of Nuclear Installations [Ref. 2]. These documents identify supporting evidence that should be provided as part of an application. Appendix A provides a route map that identifies the section of the Application that provides information addressing the topics specified in the ONR’s guidance documents. NNB GenCo (SZC)’s approach to the SZC project and developing this Application is to utilise best practices and to take advantage of the guidance prepared by the ONR and