Press Release

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has allocated £1.5bn to Sellafield Ltd out of its overall budget of £2.8bn for 2010/11.  This is a significant investment which is slightly higher than expenditure in 2009/2010 and recognises the NDA’s priority of focussing its resources on tackling our highest hazards. As stated in our Business Plan, published in March 2010, we require all of our sites to deliver efficiencies so we can maximise resources to progress the clean up and decommissioning mission.  This is particularly important at a time of significant pressure on public expenditure. Read it all..

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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) yesterday, made an announcement about the future of the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP). We have a duty to monitor the performance of all plants within our ownership in order to secure best value for money for the UK and to fulfil contractual obligations to customers. It is also required to ensure compliance with UK policy that the materials from reprocessing should be returned to overseas customers. Read it all..

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We are aware of speculation regarding redundancies at Sellafield.

The Sellafield Ltd vision is to deliver the NDA’s clean up mission safely and efficiently and, in doing so, become the site and workforce of choice for potential new missions.
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Press Release 31 March 2010

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is today (31 March) publishing its Business Plan. The Plan confirms expenditure of £2.8 Billion for the next year (2010/11) across the NDA’s estate of 19 sites built in the post-war days of the UK’s early nuclear programme.

As part of its mission the NDA operates a number of commercial nuclear operations including electricity generation and reprocessing for domestic and foreign customers. This next year income of £1.15 Billion is expected to be generated to help fund the decommissioning programme.

Tony Fountain NDA Chief Executive Officer said:

“Our work programme is moving at speed and we have achieved much in our first five years. But, it has never been more important for the NDA to focus on value for money as we seek to progress our clean-up mission over the next year and beyond.”

Substantial progress has been made in restructuring the industry to allow international private sector expertise to be brought in via competitions to manage our sites. This year will see progress in the next competition to select a new Parent Body for Dounreay, the NDA’s second most important site.

Funds will continue to be prioritised towards reducing risks at the most hazardous sites, with £1.5 billion of expenditure planned at Sellafield for the coming year.  This will include the completion of the Evaporator D structure – a vital component of the reprocessing programme which reduces the Highly Active Liquid waste stored on site. This is the single biggest construction project anywhere in the UK nuclear industry, estimated to cost £400 million.

Given the tight fiscal environment, it is essential that further efficiency savings are made with targets set for the Site Licence Companies to deliver a £30 million reduction in overhead and support costs alone in the coming 12 months.

“Through a combination of better plans, more efficient delivery and cost savings achieved we will continue to deliver efficiency gains for the taxpayer across our estate. At the same time, we are driving improvements to the organisational effectiveness of the NDA that will reduce HQ running costs this year by 20% from previously planned levels (approximately £12 million)” said Fountain.

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One of the largest asbestos removal projects in Europe has just been completed as part of decommissioning the Calder Hall nuclear power station at a cost of £26m. Read it all..

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Support services company VT Group has won a multi-million pound bid to support the Sellafield Site statutory monitoring requirements through its Environmental Laboratory, based at the Westlakes Science and Technology Park, near Whitehaven, in Cumbria. Read it all..

SL team and contracting partners start New Year by celebrating a decade of safe working.

The Solid Waste Operating Unit Project and Construction Team, has clocked up over 10 years of working without a lost time accident. The team from the waste effluent disposition directorate includes Sellafield Ltd, main contractor and sub-contractor personnel. Read it all..

WORK to decommission the Primary Separation Plant at Sellafield has taken a major step forward with the removal of the entire redundant inventory held in the top section of one of the process cells.  Read it all..

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A MAJOR milestone in radiological risk reduction and nuclear clean up has been reached on the Sellafield site.
 
Over 2,300 m3 of historic medium active (MA) solvent has now been transferred and processed through Sellafield’s Solvent Treatment Plant (STP), representing over ten years work by the teams involved. Read it all..

NDA Press release

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is pleased to announce that today, following a period of market engagement and negotiation with interested parties, it has sold an area of land comprising 190 ha (470 acres) lying to the north of the existing site at Sellafield in Cumbria for a value of at least £70 million. The winning consortium comprises Iberdrola S.A, GdF Suez S.A and Scottish and Southern Energy plc. Read it all..