Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is a UK government body responsible for overseeing the safe decommissioning and cleanup of the country's civil nuclear sites and managing nuclear waste.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nuclear Decommissioning Authority canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9673192 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Context triple: [Sellafield, ownedBy, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority]
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A.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is a UK government body responsible for overseeing and developing the nation’s civil nuclear energy and fusion research programs.
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B.
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency was Japan’s former government body responsible for overseeing nuclear power safety and industrial regulation, notably scrutinized for its role during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
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C.
Nuclear Waste Management Organization
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is a Canadian agency responsible for developing and implementing long-term plans for the safe management and disposal of the country’s used nuclear fuel.
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D.
European Atomic Energy Community Supply Agency
The European Atomic Energy Community Supply Agency is the Euratom body responsible for overseeing and securing the Community’s nuclear fuel supply under common rules and safeguards.
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E.
Defence Nuclear Organisation
The Defence Nuclear Organisation is the branch of the UK Ministry of Defence responsible for overseeing and managing the British Armed Forces’ nuclear capabilities and related policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Target entity description: The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is a UK government body responsible for overseeing the safe decommissioning and cleanup of the country's civil nuclear sites and managing nuclear waste.
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A.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is a UK government body responsible for overseeing and developing the nation’s civil nuclear energy and fusion research programs.
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B.
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency was Japan’s former government body responsible for overseeing nuclear power safety and industrial regulation, notably scrutinized for its role during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
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C.
Nuclear Waste Management Organization
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is a Canadian agency responsible for developing and implementing long-term plans for the safe management and disposal of the country’s used nuclear fuel.
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D.
European Atomic Energy Community Supply Agency
The European Atomic Energy Community Supply Agency is the Euratom body responsible for overseeing and securing the Community’s nuclear fuel supply under common rules and safeguards.
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E.
Defence Nuclear Organisation
The Defence Nuclear Organisation is the branch of the UK Ministry of Defence responsible for overseeing and managing the British Armed Forces’ nuclear capabilities and related policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
non-departmental public body ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NDA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| budget | several billion pounds per year ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employs | thousands of staff across the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
environmental remediation
ⓘ
nuclear materials management ⓘ radioactive waste treatment and storage ⓘ spent fuel management ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn |
Bristol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Thurso NERFINISHED ⓘ Warrington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersCity | Whitehaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Cumbria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| headquartersRegion | West Cumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2005 ⓘ |
| industry |
nuclear decommissioning
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nuclear energy ⓘ radioactive waste management ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Energy Act 2004 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| mission |
ensure safe, secure and cost-effective nuclear decommissioning
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manage the UK’s higher-activity radioactive waste ⓘ oversee the decommissioning and cleanup of the UK’s civil nuclear sites ⓘ |
| oversightBy |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UK Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishes |
Strategy for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
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annual business plans ⓘ annual reports and accounts ⓘ |
| regulatoryPartners |
Environment Agency
NERFINISHED
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Office for Nuclear Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Environment Protection Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Dounreay site
NERFINISHED
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Low Level Waste Repository near Drigg NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnox reactor sites ⓘ Sellafield site NERFINISHED ⓘ civil public sector nuclear sites in the United Kingdom ⓘ management of the UK’s nuclear legacy ⓘ nuclear decommissioning strategy in the United Kingdom ⓘ various research and fuel cycle sites across the UK ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gov.uk/nda ⓘ |
| worksWith |
nuclear site licence companies
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private sector contractors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Description of subject: The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is a UK government body responsible for overseeing the safe decommissioning and cleanup of the country's civil nuclear sites and managing nuclear waste.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hinkley Point A nuclear power station