The Fall and Rise of State Capabilities in the Management of the UK Nuclear Legacy

Haraldsen, Stephen orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-2071-1737 (2019) The Fall and Rise of State Capabilities in the Management of the UK Nuclear Legacy. International Journal of Public Administration, 49 (11). pp. 918-928. ISSN 0190-0692

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2018.1523188

Abstract

In 2015 and 2017, two large contracts for nuclear decommissioning were terminated early by the UK Government. Rather than re-tender, Government took direct ownership and control of Sellafield and began an inquiry into other sites’ management. The problems with the contract model for management of the UK’s nuclear legacy stem from an inability to adequately specify contracts in uncertain environments. The embrace of management and operations contracts for all sites after nationalised ownership limited the range of ‘tools’ to manage the nuclear legacy. This highlights the role of state capabilities alongside incentivised private sector relationships in contemporary governance.


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