As is explained above, both analyses aim at making sure that, consistently with the polluter pays principle, BNFL has covered the part of the nuclear liabilities that is attributable to it by its own means only –and in particular not by State support.
Comme expliqué plus haut, le but de ces deux analyses est d'obtenir la certitude que, conformément au principe du pollueur-payeur, BNFL a couvert la part du passif nucléaire qui lui est attribuable par ses seuls moyens propres — et non, notamment, grâce à un soutien de l'État.