Nuclear Energy Insider: Sellafield in Major Nuclear Decommissioning Talks

…It’s one thing to keep forking out buckets of cash to clean up the wastes we already have – given how dangerous it is, the government doesn’t really have any other option. What would be utter madness would be to make any more of the stuff. Yet that’s exactly what the nuclear lobby wants us to do…. 🙂 Greenpeace

The conference will be bringing together 200 decommissioning experts for two days of business critical intelligence, unrivalled networking and stimulating discussion. With senior level business leaders from across the UK and Europe, leading contractors and equipment providers and specialist service companies, this is not to be missed!….. 🙂 Pro-nukes

March 19, 2013 10:41 AM

As part of its updated business plan, the NDA currently has an annual expenditure of almost £3 billion a year. £1.3 billion of this enters the supply chain at various levels below the SLCs, delivering massive opportunities for decommissioning service providers.

(PRWEB) March 19, 2013

To advance the latest industry developments and learn from the first-hand experience of others, Sellafield’s supply chain experts will be meeting with key decommissioning organisations including the ONR, NIA, Dounreay Site Restoration, Babcock International, CH2M Hill, AMEC, AREVA, Atkins, GE Hitachi and Research Sites Restoration Ltd.

The conference is undoubtedly the best chance in 2013 for service providers to meet and network with the top decommissioning companies that are actively seeking new, innovative and practical solutions to aid their projects.

Furthermore, this will be the only nuclear decommissioning conference with exclusive industry updates from the NAO, ONR and the NIA and an exclusive key note presentation from the European Commission.

If costs and project times are to be reduced then careful planning is required and common sense strategies must be put in place. In order to do that some of the following challenges need to be understood:

Contracting methods
Working to baseline strategies
Waste management procedures
End Value Management criteria
Driving value for money through decommissioning
Resources and availability

The 4th Annual Nuclear Decommissioning Conference will supply businesses with the critical intelligence and tools needed to understand effective decommissioning strategies. Delivered by the best in the industry – you’ll be able to take away key lessons and real world action points that can be implemented to slash costs.

The conference will be bringing together 200 decommissioning experts for two days of business critical intelligence, unrivalled networking and stimulating discussion. With senior level business leaders from across the UK and Europe, leading contractors and equipment providers and specialist service companies, this is not to be missed.

For more information follow: http://www.nuclearenergyinsider.com/decom/index.php

If you have any questions, please get in touch.

Jack Shillito
Senior Industry Analyst
Nuclear Energy Insider

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Sellafield clean-up means another blank cheque for the nuclear industry

Posted by Richardg – 7 November 2012 at 11:32am

The cost of dealing with the UK’s nuclear waste has risen by almost a billion pounds in just 12 months. It’s yet another reason why we shouldn’t build any new nuclear reactors.

There are several reasons why Greenpeace opposes nuclear power and the problem of nuclear waste is one of the hardest to resolve. The nuclear industry has never been able clean up after itself; the shambles at Sellafield is just the latest example.

Sellafield is the UK’s largest and most hazardous nuclear site, with 27 Olympic swimming pools worth of nuclear wastes. The cost of decommissioning the site has spiralled out of control and the operators have no idea how much it will cost or how long it will take to sort out.

The National Audit Office, which has studied the decommissioning plans in detail, said the situation was “dire” and that it posed “intolerable risks to people and the environment”.

Two years ago, the government confessed that sorting our nuclear wastes would cost an extra £4 billion. The cost of cleaning up after Sellafield has gone up by a further £900 million – and there is no end in sight.

It’s one thing to keep forking out buckets of cash to clean up the wastes we already have – given how dangerous it is, the government doesn’t really have any other option. What would be utter madness would be to make any more of the stuff. Yet that’s exactly what the nuclear lobby wants us to do.

Before the last election, David Cameron pledged that there would be no new reactors until we had a plan for the wastes. The Sellafield shambles shows why the government has no option but to cancel plans for new nuclear power stations and get to work building us a future powered by clean, renewable energy.

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/nuclear/cost-nuclear-waste-keeps-rising-20121107