The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) commissioned Economic Insight to undertake an economic impact assessment of the 12 Magnox sites, which are currently being decommissioned. The focus of our work was on the impact sites have on their local economies and communities.
We quantified the current impact of sites, and explored what the potential future impacts may be, given the scale of downturn that is expected over the next decade. As set out in the report, we find that there are considerable differences in terms of the current impacts of sites, and there are good reasons to believe there will be variation in the future impact of sites.