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nuclearfuture@barkerbrooks.co.uk AREVA signs 25 new build MOUs
AREVA has announced that it has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with 25 UK-based companies for the supply of components and services for new EPRTM nuclear reactors planned for the UK. These companies cover a wide range of products and services, including forgings, valves, pumps, cranes, electronics, piping, tanking and refrigeration units. Together with agreements already announced with Rolls-Royce, the
scope of work could be worth up to £400 million to British industry. In all, AREVA has already identified 50 companies based in the
UK with potential capability to meet the scope. Of these 50, the 25 companies who have signed MOUs are pre-qualified, and for the other 25 AREVA is committed to start a pre-qualification process once it receives a firm order from EDF Energy. The Government- backed Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has agreed to support all 50 UK companies, to pre-qualify, qualify and then bid for work. The agreements relate to the two EPRTM reactors planned by EDF Energy at Hinkley Point for which a site licence was recently granted. The collaboration could also extend to other EPRTM reactors including those planned at Sizewell. Announcing the agreements, Philippe Knoche, AREVA’s Chief
Operating Officer, said: “Our EPRTM reactor is on the point of gaining regulatory approval in the UK with all regulatory issues resolved. We are committed to making as much use as possible of the UK’s excellent engineering skills in the construction of the EPRTM reactor and to develop these skills further. We hope that the prospect of a fleet of EPRTM reactors will provide an incentive to UK companies to invest. Work is already under way.”
Capenhurst site integration The Capenhurst site has entered a
new phase in its 60-year history with the transition of Sellafield Ltd activities to Capenhurst Nuclear Services (CNS), a URENCO Group company. This is a major milestone for
Capenhurst, the location of the former diffusion plant site. Capenhurst has now largely completed the remediation of the legacy site, on the way delivering some of the biggest active area demolition projects ever undertaken in the UK industry. Transition started in December 2011, when the site’s owner, the
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), signed agreements with URENCO. This allowed the transfer of the activities carried out by Sellafield Ltd Capenhurst to CNS, who will continue the work of waste characterisation, recycling and disposal in addition to maintaining the safe storage of uranic materials including Magnox Depleted Uranium and depleted uranium hexafluoride. Transferring ownership of parcels of land on the site required removal of Energy Act designations, and Sellafield Ltd has successfully completed the necessary remedial work to support this process.
18 Industry news NDA invites Magnox and RSRL bidders
to ‘Participate in Dialogue’ Five global organisations have passed the first hurdle in the multi-billion pound competition to take over the management of 12 historic nuclear sites. Valued at around £7 billion
in total, the new contract represents one of the UK’s largest public procurement exercises and will see
ownership of Magnox Ltd and RSRL Ltd transferred to an organisation with the international skills and experience to take forward a complex long-term decommissioning programme. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), which owns the
sites, has formally invited organisations who successfully passed the pre-qualification stage to take part in a period of dialogue lasting more than six months. The organisations are:
• Bechtel/URS • The Babcock Fluor Partnership • CAS Restoration Partnership (CH2MHill, Areva, Serco) • AMEC/Atkins • EnergySolutions The NDA expects to award the contract, which is valued at £4-5 billion over the first seven years and almost £2 billion for the following seven years as decommissioning activities wind down, after a two-year process that is laid down by EU regulations. The competition to appoint a new Parent Body Organisation for
the two Site Licence Companies (SLCs) was launched in July last year. Following the issue of the Invitation to Participate in Dialogue, the prospective bidders will begin a series of site visits and information- gathering in January, to be followed by formal face-to-face dialogue with members of the NDA’s competition team. Scheduled to take place in February onwards and continue until
September, the formal dialogue period may be extended if the NDA concludes it is necessary. Access to sites for prospective bidders will continue during this time. The dialogue process is designed to assist the prospective bidders
in preparing final tender submissions. It is expected that the formal invitation to submit final tenders will be issued following the dialogue period, and that, following evaluation of the tenders, the preferred bidder will be announced early in 2014. The new PBO will take ownership of shares in the two SLCs
and introduce a new senior management team to oversee decommissioning activities at the 12 sites. The existing site workforces will remain in place.
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