Dr. Stone was appointed in January 2007 to act as advisor to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Chief Secretary of the Treasury on financing the costs of decommissioning, waste management and disposal for new nuclear power stations.
Dr. Stone’s work has informed the clauses on nuclear waste management and decommissioning in the Energy Bill which was introduced into Parliament on 10 January 2008. Draft guidance, to underpin the Bill clauses, will be published for consultation in February/March of this year.