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What you can do

Your contributions can improve, even transform, initiatives we are involved with. We want to take more account of people's views when we make policy, and other, decisions, so we aim to consult in a way that helps you to help us.

We review the authorisations we've granted to sites every four to five years. We consult with the public and many other organisations to seek their views when we do this. We also consult with a wide range of groups when a nuclear site applies for a new authorisation.
 
Consultation periods usually last for three months and we advertise them in local newspapers.

Current consultations

New nuclear power stations

We will be working with local people as early as we can, in order to understand their concerns, interests and priorities. We believe our decisions will be stronger as a result of our engagement.

Future consultations

New reactor designs

We’ll consult on our views on the reactor designs that we've been assessing (Generic Design Assessment) in May 2010.

When we receive applications for site environmental permits we’ll consult on those too.