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Sellafield News
10 January 2012
Head of Programme for Sellafield
The NDA has announced that Dr Ian Hudson, its Head of Programme for Sellafield has decided to leave the authority and pursue his career with American corporation URS in the United States.
03 August 2011
New Sellafield Performance Plan published
The NDA together with Sellafield Ltd and Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) have today published a new Performance Plan for the site.
31 March 2011
NDA publishes new Business Plan
Our 2011/12 Business Plan sets out planned annual expenditure of £2.9 billion as part of a 4 year total of approximately £12 billion.
21 May 2010
New Storage Facility opens at Sellafield
Sellafield Ltd, under ownership of NMP, delivered its Product and Residues Store ahead of schedule and under budget.
12 May 2010
Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP) Future
Commercial arrangements secured to continue to improve performance of SMP in the longer term to ensure customer expectations are met.
Sellafield Ltd PBO Competition
Background
Sellafield Ltd is the Site Licence Company (SLC) that manages and operates, on behalf of the NDA, the:
- reprocessing and waste storage facilities at Sellafield;
- former nuclear power stations Calder Hall and Windscale;
- Capenhurst nuclear site; and
- Engineering Design Centre at Risley in Cheshire.
The Sellafield site represents two thirds of the nuclear liabilities for which the NDA is responsible.
The Parent Body Organisation (PBO) provides key managers to the Site Licence Company to provide innovation and strategic direction.
The contract is for an initial period of five years (2008-2013) with options to continue. This contract provides the Parent Body Organisation, through its ownership of the Site Licence Company shares, with responsibility for over £1 billion of annual funding to operate the existing reprocessing facilities and manage the Sellafield decommissioning programme.
Sellafield Ltd Parent Body Organisation
On 24 November 2008:
- Nuclear Management Partners Ltd, the consortium consisting of URS' Washington Division, AMEC and AREVA NC, were awarded the contract.
- As the new Parent Body of Sellafield Ltd, the consortium provides a seconded team of ten individuals into Sellafield Ltd.
- The new Parent Body Agreement and Management and Operation contract came into effect with the transfer of shares in the Site Licence Company from British Nuclear Fuels Ltd to Nuclear Management Partners Ltd.
Value of Business
| Maximum Contract Duration | 17 years |
|---|---|
| Estimated Turnover (During Contract) | £22bn |
| Estimated Fee Potential | £50m p.a. (approx) |
Key Competition Dates
| Nov 2008 | Contract Awarded |
|---|---|
| Oct 2008 | Transition Agreement |
| July 2008 | Preferred bidder, Nuclear Management Partners Ltd, consisting: URS' Washington Division, AMEC and AREVA NC, announced |
| Apr 2008 | Tender submissions received, from which four consortia were selected:
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| Jan 2007 | Invitation to Tender (ITT) issued |
| Nov 2006 | Sellafield competition started with an Industry Day followed by the issue of a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire |
