NDA group investing in our communities

27 Sep 2024 11:02 AM

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group yesterday published its 2023 to 2024 socio-economic report detailing a record investment in projects across the UK.

Over the last five years, the NDA group has invested £60 million in projects that enable permanent and sustainable change in its site communities, leveraging many millions more from partners.

The NDA is tasked with decommissioning the UK’s earliest nuclear sites safely, securely and sustainably. Its mission is unique in that it’s required to have regard for the impact of its activities on communities living near its sites.

NDA Director of Socio-Economics, Jamie Reed, said:

“We believe that decommissioning activities should benefit local communities and that we must provide a positive legacy once our work is completed.

“We work in partnership with local stakeholders to better understand the economic priorities I their area and how we can deliver maximum value.

“We are immensely proud of our work with local communities to date and the vast variety of projects we’ve supported, and are very ambitious to make further progress.”

In 2023 to 2024, the NDA group invested over £14 million of direct socio-economic funding. The report details how and where this money has been invested, including case studies reflecting how the NDA group works with communities, stakeholders and colleagues to use its funding to maximum effect. 

These include:

The report follows the publication of the NDA group’s new Social Impact and Communities Strategy in April 2024 which set out how it works to deliver the maximum positive social impact based upon the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and independently produced economic impact assessments.

The Social Impact and Communities Strategy aims to deliver against the following six strategic themes:

You can read the full report here NDA socio-economic report 2023 to 2024.