As the Accounting Officer, I confirm that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this annual report and accounts as a whole is a fair, balanced and understandable reflection of the NDA’s performance this year.

The other members have no personal or business interests which present material conflicts with their role as a member of the Board. We continuously review compliance against the Code and undertake horizon scanning exercises to ensure new regulatory or legislative changes are considered and applied where appropriate. Submarine logs were kept by crew members otherwise engaged in steering or depth keeping, and contain many abbreviated references.

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This year work has progressed to implement the NDA’s Sustainability Strategy and roadmap, embedding the approaches into different parts of the organisation and wider group. Sustainability as a critical enabler A small number of topics are chosen each year to be NDA group beacon projects, with senior sponsorship, aiming to deliver consistent change and progress in all parts of the group. Sustainability has been a beacon project for two years in a row. The Board has a collective responsibility for setting the strategic direction and effective management of the NDA’s affairs and ensures that it complies with the requirements of the Energy Act 2004, the Framework Document, Cabinet Office guidelines for non-departmental public bodies and other statutory and contractual obligations. In addition to stakeholder considerations, the Board also evaluates each decision against our mission and risk appetite, providing constructive challenge where required. We set out the issues and factors we take account of in our decision making in our Value Framework. This provides a structured mechanism to consider: Our 17,000 strong, skilled group workforce works hard on behalf of the UK, using innovation and technology to overcome the challenges of identifying and removing nuclear waste from ageing facilities, so we can store safely and permanently dispose of it. The work is complex and challenging. Dealing with all the waste, dismantling hundreds of buildings and facilities, and building a Geological Disposal Facility ( GDF), to dispose of the most radioactive nuclear waste, will take decades. However, by investing today in the challenges left over from the UK’s proud nuclear history, we can remove the burden for future generations and continue to deliver social and environmental benefits through our jobs, knowledge, skills, technology and social investment.

The Board scrutinised the arrangements made for asset and service transfer within the joining, ensuring the fair treatment of key partners and suppliers Some companies or organisations could ask you to sign a document agreeing that they will not have a duty to keep your ideas or information confidential. If that is the case, you need to decide whether to risk disclosing your ideas to them. 3. Types of NDAs After a certain point, your ability to get upset burns out. Out of self-preservation, if nothing else. You have to turn your attention to the things you can actually control, rather than the things you cannot. Life is lived wherever you are, after all,wherever you happen to be… and not in some ‘imperial city’ halfway across the country. As permitted by the guidance for preparing Government annual report and accounts in the UK, some of the matters required to be included in the Directors’ Report are disclosed elsewhere in the annual report and accounts, identifiable from the cross references provided. Sponsoring departmentMy term as Chair came to an end in August 2023. I am delighted with what we have achieved during the journey and my thanks go to my Board colleagues, including the Chief Executive, and to the executive teams and wider colleagues at the NDA and subsidiary companies. This important mission will continue to develop and progress for more than a hundred years, with innovation allowing continuous challenge to both the cost and duration of the mission. I am pleased that Chris Train is taking the reins as NDA Chair on an interim basis whilst the recruitment process is underway for a permanent Chair. The year ahead – a strong culture to achieve our mission

The Navy was always keen to preserve the health of its men and these journals, often written by educated men with acerbic and independent opinions, are usually the most accessible and informative source for the history of a voyage. Alan joined the NDA in April 2018. and has responsibility for all operations, including health and safety. A Chartered Civil Engineer and a Chartered Structural Engineer, Alan completed his nuclear training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston and has an MBA from Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow. Before joining the NDA, Alan was Capital Projects and Engineering Director for Viridor, part of Pennon, Deputy Project Director for EDF Energy’s New Build Nuclear Programme and Director of Projects for British Energy. Alan is also an NDA-nominated Non-Executive Director of Nuclear Waste Services. Emma Ferguson-GouldI am delighted to have been appointed Interim Chair of the NDA as of 1 September 2023. The NDA delivers a vital role on behalf of the nation and my commitment is to continue to work with the Board and wider leadership team to ensure that our values are upheld to support the safe and efficient delivery of the mission, create great places to work and enable the NDA to be trusted to do more. Evelyn has extensive human resources experience, leading design and delivery of major change programmes, business restructuring, employee relations, resourcing, executive remuneration, organisational capability and performance management initiatives. Evelyn has worked in HR consultancy and as HR Director (HR Operations) for Boots the Chemist, before joining Severn Trent’s HR function in November 2006, retiring as Director of HR in 2017. Observe the Accounts Direction issued by the Secretary of State with the approval of HM Treasury, including the relevant accounting and disclosure requirements, and apply suitable accounting policies on a consistent basis Since the decision taken in 2020/21 to commence with the joining, the Board has carefully monitored all activities relating to its delivery With participation - Seek and support the opinions, plans and aspirations of our workforce, communities and stakeholders

a. 06/20 Social Value incorporated into all NDA group in-scope procurements, across the following themes: Step changes continue to be made that will bring longer-term benefits in the future. For example, the process for preparing a business case now requires sustainability considerations to be included. This ensures that sustainability is at the heart of the NDA’s future decision making.Embedding and building upon demonstrable improvements in the governance and company secretarial support provided to the Board. We want to be recognised as a leader in transforming nuclear legacies into opportunities for local, regional, national and international sustainable development. We’ve operated for our first full year with all parts of the group as NDA subsidiaries, leading to greater collaboration and engagement. Phase one of creating a simpler NDA group structure was completed in April 2023 when Dounreay became a division of Magnox Ltd, further reducing complexity with fewer Boards and more streamlined governance arrangements. Staff and stakeholders across Magnox and Dounreay have been developing options for a new name and identity for Magnox Ltd, with more details due later this year. It will be an important step, recognising the company already represents much more than the original Magnox reactors and is preparing for other future missions.