Press Release
Interim assessment reports for two nuclear power station designs being considered for construction in the UK have been made public.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the reports on Step 3 of its Generic Design Assessment of the designs put forward by EDF/AREVA and Westinghouse. Read it all..
The UK nuclear safety regulator (HSE’s ND), the French nuclear regulator (ASN), and the Finnish nuclear regulator (STUK) are currently working to assess the EPR Pressurised Water Reactor.
In carrying out individual assessments, we have all raised issues regarding the EPR Control and Instrumentation (C&I) systems, which the proposed licensees and/or the manufacturer (AREVA) are in the process of addressing. Read it all..
EDF and AREVA have applied for generic design acceptance for the EPR from the UK regulatory authorities.
The UK EPR design is based on the Flamanville EPR (FA3) plant being built in France. Read it all..
Following negotiations that have been taking place over the last few months, the Gravatom shareholders have agreed terms for the sale of Gravatom Engineering Systems Ltd to the ONET Group, the €1.2bn corporate services company based in France with headquarters in Marseille. Read it all..
04 December 2008
Rolls-Royce today announced plans to work together with AREVA, the French nuclear power plant and services provider, on jointly agreed programmes which will see the first new nuclear reactors built in the UK for over 20 years. Rolls-Royce and AREVA have agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and will work together on supply chain development, manufacturing and engineering services. Read it all..
Balfour Beatty News
Balfour Beatty, the international engineering, construction, services and investment group, announces that it is partnering with AREVA, a world leader in nuclear power, to ensure effective delivery of a fleet of EPR nuclear reactors (EPRs) in the UK. Read it all..
24 November 2008, NDA Press ReleaseThe Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) today completed one of the UK’s largest and most complex public procurement programmes when the shares in Sellafield Ltd transferred from British Nuclear Fuels Ltd to a specially created private sector consortium – Nuclear Management Partners Ltd.
Nuclear Management Partners Ltd (NMP) will own the shares in Sellafield Ltd for up to 17 years, the potential length of new and updated contracts between the NDA, NMP and Sellafield Ltd. The value of the work covered is worth £1.3bn in its first year and over the full lifetime of the contract approximately £22bn. Read it all..