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RBG, the leading provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, has secured a multi-million pound contract to provide a range of third party vendor inspection and quality related services to a number of nuclear facilities.

The three-year contract, awarded by Magnox, Springfields, Sellafield, INS, NNL, LLWR, DSRL and RSRL, has a one-year extension option and is worth approximately £8.8m.

RBG  who was formed in 2005 through the merger of Mach-ten, MacGregor Energy Services and Rigblast Group, will provide qualified discipline engineers, auditors and inspection personnel to ensure all decommissioned and new build works are carried out in accordance with the required standards and specifications. The RBG team will carry out both on and offsite duties at various supplier sites worldwide. The contract will see RBG’s involvement from the initial design review of equipment through to final acceptance and installation.

RBG was awarded the contract based on its experience and its ability to adapt and customise service delivery, whilst taking into account the very specific requirements of the nuclear industry. RBG’s approach included a solid transition plan which detailed all potential risks and corresponding mitigations.

Commenting on the contract, Doug Bolton, RBG’s Quality Services Manager said: “This contract award is a fantastic achievement and testament to the hard work and commitment of all those involved. RBG has many years of experience in the nuclear industry but we also utilise and adapt skill sets developed in other sectors, adding significant value and flexibility to our proposition.”

RBG has been involved in the nuclear industry for over 10 years, during which time it has achieved an unprecedented safety record with an estimated 100,000 man hours incident free. As well as providing inspection personnel for both on- and offsite works, RBG has also provided the nuclear industry with non destructive testing services.

THE UK NUCLEAR INDUSTRY has been given a major boost by the public with the highest level of support for new nuclear power since national polling began some 12 years ago. Read it all..

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THE UK’S CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE ASSOCIATION today hailed the “clear and tangible progress” after government “justified” new reactor designs and released further draft National Policy Statements.

Keith Parker, chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) was speaking today in light of the government’s announcements and said he is: “delighted to see that the coalition’s positive words have been matched by some concrete actions”.

Government today confirmed the new generation of reactors designs were justified– an important legal step on the road to new nuclear power stations in the UK – and released National Policy Statements (NPS’s) – a key phase of the planning for all large infrastructure projects – for a second phase of public consultation.

Keith Parker said: “Our member companies are preparing to invest billions of pounds in the UK’s energy infrastructure and we welcome this added clarity from Government. New nuclear build will be one of the biggest programmes of private infrastructure investment which this country has ever seen. These positive moves from government – coupled with a maintained forward progress – will reassure those investors that the political framework is sufficiently stable to allow that commitment to be made”.

Justification is a legal requirement under EU and UK law, which requires that the benefits of a new process must outweigh the radiological health detriments. The Secretary of State’s conclusion was based on a review of a detailed application made by the NIA with support from the major utilities.

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Frazer-Nash, the systems and engineering technology consultancy, has been awarded a five-year framework contract and three significant work packages by Horizon Nuclear Power, the company which aims to develop and operate around 6,000 MW of new nuclear power stations in the UK by 2025. Read it all..

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London, UK, 2 December 2009 — Malcolm Wicks MP, Prime Minister’s Special Representative on International Energy Issues; former Minister of State for Energy has agreed to present the case for a new generation of nuclear reactors in the context of the challenges that face the UK and the global community. 

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RWE npower and E.ON UK’s nuclear joint venture announced it has appointed its senior leadership team. Read it all..

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced plans to collaborate with EDF Energy, the UK business of the French utility group, on programmes that will initially support the construction of four new nuclear power plants in the UK. Read it all..

As the National Policy Statement approaches, now is a critical time for all the organisations involved in new nuclear to come together and discuss their role in the future of the UK nuclear industry. Read it all..