Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has been appointed as outsourced advisors to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on its national portfolio which combined with its subsidiary property company, comprises a 2,900 hectare (7,150 acre) estate valued at c£500m. Read it all..
NDA appoints new advisors
Dungeness A Tackles Significant Hazards
Magnox South News
Dungeness A has successfully tackled two of its most significant hazards as part of the NDA’s prioritisation process for major hazard reduction. Read it all..
EU gives the go ahead for EDF to Acquire British Energy
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of British Energy (BE) by Electricité de France (EdF). Read it all..
British Energy could start building new nuclear plants by 2013
British Energy News
British Energy has published their expectations for plans to build new nuclear plants in the south of England. British Energy is working hard to settle on a design for Sizewell and expect to have made a decision within the next 12 months. Read it all..
Hartlepool and Heysham 1 Boiler Closure Unit (‘BCU’) update
10th October 2008 British Energy News
As previously announced, engineering solutions have been developed to address the BCU issue at Hartlepool and Heysham 1 power stations and allow the Reactors to return to service at full output.
Work on the Reactors is progressing well but is slightly behind schedule. Read it all..
WANO Technical Support Mission
31 July 2008
Dungeness A and Sizewell recently hosted a WANO TSM (World Association of Nuclear Operators Technical Support Mission) focused on systems engineering.
The WANO team consisted of experts from French and German nuclear plants with an experienced team leader from WANO Paris Centre. Read it all..
