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Sellafield clean-up team set to lose £9bn contract Aaron Morby | Tue 13th January | 8:40 inShare 2Email The Government is set to strip the Amec, URS and AREVA consortium of its £9bn contract to clean up the nuclear waste site at Sellafield in Cumbria. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is expected to take over Sellafield and manage its clean-up, contracting out work packages to contractors. Nuclear Management Partners has run the site for more than six years and employs 10,000 workers on the site. It annual management fee is understood to be worth around £30m. It won a five-year extension to its contract in 2013 despite its performance being called into question. Government spending watchdogs, the Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office, have both accused NMP of cost overruns and delays. A DECC spokesperson said: ”Ed Davey has been very clear that he’s wanted to see more effective progress in decommissioning the biggest and most complex nuclear site in Europe, providing the best outcome for the taxpayer,” . “The NDA and government have been working with industry experts on alternative options.” Iain Irving, NMP General Manager, said: “We understand that the NDA has been considering whether there are alternative options to the current arrangements for managing Sellafield. It is not possible for us to make any further comment at this time. “Notably however, since the NDA awarded NMP with a five year contract extension, the site has enjoyed one of its best ever periods of performance and progress. “Importantly, over the last two years, we have consecutively achieved the site’s best overall safety records.” Gary Smith, GMB National Secretary for Energy, said: ”The termination of the NMP contract is welcome. We could not limp on any further. “We said the contract should not have been extended in 2013. We understand the Tories overruled the NDA. The government needs to be held to account.” An official announcement is expected later today.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:17:15 +0000

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