1. West Cumbria Sites Stakeholder Group – response to NDA Business Plan
David Moore
Chairman, WCSSG

2. Introduction
WCSSG grateful for the opportunity to comment on NDA draft Business Plan
Points made are a summary of comments collected from all WCSSG working groups and collated by the Enablers working group
Comments build upon those made on NDA’s draft strategy III mid 2016
Timing and duration of consultation period posed some difficulties – suggestions for improvements have been made

3. Positive aspects of the plan
Well laid out and logical presentation
Easy to understand – appropriate language and use of illustrations
Identifies the full scope of NDA’s accountabilities
Good financial overview – pleased to see prioritised spend at Sellafield
20 year priority overview gives a good “big picture” perspective
All key operational activities which we believe are important at Sellafield are identified

4. Areas for improvement
Purpose of the plan is unclear – it identifies the areas were NDA wishes work to be done but not what they want to be achieved
There are some errors / inconsistencies in the 20 year overview
26 key operational activities are identified for Sellafield, which cost of £6B over three years, but only two specific deliverables are identified
16 key enabling activities for Sellafield are mentioned but are not developed, these include areas important to us given impending significant changes to employment patterns at Sellafield

5. Areas for improvement - continued
Provision of a socio economic plan which includes amongst other things diversification of employment opportunities
Plans for the development of skills in our communities
Plans to improve utilisation of the local supply chain
A requirement for Sellafield Ltd to produce a workforce transport plan
We cannot see how NDA wish spend to be prioritised at Sellafield
We would like more specific targeting of risk management/visualisation and site security/resilience

6. Next steps
The above points need addressed to provide a plan which adequately declares NDA’s specific objectives over the next three years and allows appropriate context for the local community to scrutinise NDA’s performance
Looking for endorsement of the response from this group at today’s meeting
Extension granted by NDA to the consultation to enable endorsement today
Response to be forwarded to the NDA on behalf of WCSSG