Commentary on Sections Chapter 5: Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Nuclear Industry Section 80: Additional functions of UKAEA
222.Section 80 ensures that UKAEA will have sufficient statutory powers to operate in the new UK nuclear clean up market. It provides that UKAEA:
	can set up site licensee companies, site management companies, joint ventures or subsidiaries in order to bid for NDA site management contracts, including for non-UKAEA sites.
	has powers to run nuclear pensions schemes and, subject to approval by the Secretary of State, public service pension schemes other than the UKAEA pensions scheme.
	has powers to manage and commercially exploit the property it owns, where it no longer requires that property for its other functions.