Nuclear Management Partners
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Contents
Background
Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) manages the Sellafield nuclear complex and is an alliance formed by AMEC, a British construction firm in the nuclear industry, and French nuclear clean-up specialists Areva and the URS Corporation (which took over Washington Group International).[1]
Ownership and payments
Sellafield is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Sellafield Ltd manages the site under contract to the NDA. In November 2008, the NDA appointed NMP as Sellafield Ltd's 'parent body organisation' in a contract that can last for up to 17 years.
The NDA reimburses Sellafield Ltd's costs for managing and operating the site, which in 2011-12 totalled £1.6 billion. Sellafield Ltd passes fees to NMP as dividends.
In 2011-12 Sellafield Ltd paid the companies that make up NMP £54.5 million. The NAO said that subcontracting arrangements were to be reviewed.
'Significant risks to people and the environment'
In November 2012, the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report about Sellafield, which described the performance of some major projects as "poor" and raised questions over the efficacy of Nuclear Management Partners' approach.[2]
It described Sellafield as "the UK’s largest and most hazardous nuclear site", holding "95 per cent of the UK's nuclear waste by volume" and and said some facilities "pose significant risks to people and the environment".
The report concluded that "to date the performance of some of the major projects at Sellafield has been poor" and said "it is too early to judge whether the appointment of Nuclear Management Partners Limited as the parent body of Sellafield is delivering value for money".
PR Award
In June 2012 Sellafield Ltd, the NMP and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's 'Sellafield Plan' publication won the UK’s 'most prestigious' PR and comms awards, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations 2012 Excellence award for external Publication of the Year. According to NMP's press release, the Sellafield Plan 'brings to life the work programmes on the Sellafield site in a way that is easy to use, update and understand. It was recognised as a real first for the communications in the industry'. [3]
People
- Richard Caborn - former Labour minister became a non-executive director in 2007, remains a director as of August 2012
- George Beveridge - Deputy Managing Director - Transformation/Support
- Jim French - Executive Director - Decommissioning
- Rory O'Neill - Executive Director - Stakeholder Relations
- Claire James - Government Relations Officer[4]
- Louise Tyson - Stakeholder Relations Officer at Sellafield Ltd. She is also the new lady mayoress of Copeland. Louise is the daughter in law of Copeland's new mayor, Peter Tyson, who was sworn in after 20 years of being involved in local politics in May 2012. [5]
- John Reynolds - Head of Media Relations
- Karl Connor - Press Officer
Contact, Resources and Notes
Contact
- Website:http://www.sellafieldsites.com/
Notes
- ↑ Tim Webb, Caborn lands nuclear job with Amec, The Observer, Sunday 11 November 2007
- ↑ National Audit Office, Managing risk reduction at Sellafield, November 2012
- ↑ National accolade for Sellafield Plan, NMP website, 20th June 2012
- ↑ The Sellafield Ltd Executive team, Sellafield Ltd website, undated, acc 21 June 2012
- ↑ She’s a lady, Sellafield Ltd website, 31 May 2012, acc 21 June 2012
