Office for Nuclear Development - Revision history

Melissa Jones at 02:31, 9 October 2013

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Melissa Jones: /* Living the high life */

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Living the high life

Melissa Jones: /* Senior staff */

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Senior staff

David at 09:25, 10 September 2013

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Melissa Jones: scribd link to Hospitality register

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scribd link to Hospitality register

Melissa Jones: /* Living the high life */

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Living the high life

Melissa Jones: /* Living the high life */

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Living the high life

Melissa Jones: /* Protecting the nuclear industry from bad news */ typo

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Protecting the nuclear industry from bad news: typo

Melissa Jones at 14:19, 28 November 2012

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Melissa Jones: /* Living the high life */

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 ==Senior staff==
 Its senior staff are:
-*[[Mark Higson]], Chief Executive, [[Office for Nuclear Development]]: a career civil servant who joined BERR to head up its nuclear energy team in September 2006. Prior to this, he was deputy CEO of the Shareholder Executive, the organisation responsible for discharging the shareholder role for Government owned businesses, working initially on the creation of the organisation in the Cabinet Office and then subsequently to lead the shareholder role on Royal Mail, [[BNFL]] and the [[UKAEA]].
+*[[Mark Higson]], Chief Executive, [[Office for Nuclear Development]]: a career civil servant who joined the [[Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform]] (BERR) to head up its nuclear energy team in September 2006. Before this he was deputy CEO of the Shareholder Executive, the organisation responsible for discharging the shareholder role for Government-owned businesses, working initially on the creation of the organisation in the Cabinet Office and then subsequently to lead the shareholder role on Royal Mail, [[BNFL]] and the [[UKAEA]].
 *[[Hergen Haye]], New Nuclear and Strategy: joined the then [[Department of Trade and Industry]] in 2001, working on competition policy, European energy policy and distributed energy policy before joining the OND in 2012.<ref>European Nuclear Assembly, [http://www.ena2011.org/index.php/programme/conference/102-hergen-haye Biography of Hergen Haye]], 2011, accessed 15 October 2012</ref>
 *[[Peter MacDonald]], GDF and International

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 ==Living the high life==
-Higson, Dawson and Draper hit the headlines in February 2008 when ''The Independent'' revealed they had all enjoyed extensive hospitality from the nuclear lobby. <ref>Andy Rowell and Richard Cookson, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/civil-servants-lived-the-high-life-courtesy-of-nuclear-lobby-789185.html?r=RSS ‘Civil Servants lived the high life courtesy of nuclear lobby’], ''The Independent'', 24 February, 2008.</ref>
+Martin Higson, Dawson and Draper hit the headlines in February 2008 when ''The Independent'' revealed they had all enjoyed extensive hospitality from the nuclear lobby. <ref>Andy Rowell and Richard Cookson, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/civil-servants-lived-the-high-life-courtesy-of-nuclear-lobby-789185.html?r=RSS ‘Civil Servants lived the high life courtesy of nuclear lobby’], ''The Independent'', 24 February, 2008.</ref>
 The three - Higson, Dawson and Draper were also amongst senior civil servants who were wined and dined over 30 occasions in the department's first five months at some of London’s most prestigious restaurants by companies with a vested interest in nuclear.

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 When it launched, its senior staff were: <ref>[http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file47948.pdf ‘Office for Nuclear Development: top level organogram’ (pdf file)], BERR Website, accessed September, 2008.</ref>
 *[[Mark Higson]]
-* [[Adam Dawson]], who joined BERR’s Nuclear Unit in November 2006, having previously worked on the DTI's Business Support Simplification project. He joined the Civil Service in 2005, after 19 years with Shell.
+* [[Adam Dawson]], who joined [[BERR]]’s Nuclear Unit in November 2006, having previously worked on the DTI's Business Support Simplification project. He joined the Civil Service in 2005, after 19 years with Shell.
-* Dr [[Mel Draper]], who has been head of non-proliferation work at DTI/BERR since 2003. Before that he was head of central policy and support at the UK Health & Safety Executive. From 1995-2000 he was responsible for the sponsorship of [[UKAEA]], residual interests in [[AEA]]-Technology, and general nuclear waste and decommissioning policy.
+* Dr [[Mel Draper]], who has been head of non-proliferation work at DTI/BERR since 2003. Before that he was head of central policy and support at the UK [[Health & Safety Executive]]. From 1995-2000 he was responsible for the sponsorship of [[UKAEA]], residual interests in [[AEA]]-Technology, and general nuclear waste and decommissioning policy.
 * [[Nicola Baggley]], Director of Strategy: prior to joining the OND, Baggley was in the Government's Shareholder Executive where she worked on a number of portfolio companies including [[British Energy]], the Ordnance Survey and the Royal Mint. Previous posts include the restructuring of [[British Energy]] and a secondment to investment bank [[Lazard & Co]].
 * [[Tim Stone]], Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State for BERR and to the Chief Secretary of the Treasury on new nuclear power: he is the Chairman and founder of [[KPMG]]'s Global Infrastructure and Projects Group.
 * [[Mark Ferri]]: he was a senior executive on the Rocky Flats Decommissioning Project and then was named Chief Executive for [[CH2M Hill]] on the Savannah River Project. He is a previous Vice-President for [[Entergy]], one of the largest US nuclear utilities, and spent over 10 years with [[Bechtel]] Power Corporation in various managerial positions involving design, construction and commissioning of nuclear power plants.
-* [[Derek Lacey]] joined the Nuclear Unit in May 2008 from the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Directorate which he joined in 1991 after 7 years in nuclear research and development.
+* [[Derek Lacey]] joined the Nuclear Unit in May 2008 from the [[Health and Safety Executive]]'s Nuclear Directorate which he joined in 1991 after 7 years in nuclear research and development.
 In June 2012 DECC was advertising for a senior Adviser to the Secretary of State and to the Office of Nuclear Development (Contract value:£70,000 – £80,000). <ref> [http://www.government-online.net/advisor-for-the-office-of-nuclear-development/ Advisor for the Office of Nuclear Development], Government Online, May 15, 2012, accessed 4 June 2012 </ref>

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 Energy companies, nuclear contractors, trade bodies, accountants, corporate strategists and legal firms took Higson and other key directors to some of London’s most exclusive venues. [[Bechtel]], the engineering giant, paid for a reception at London’s exclusive OXO Tower, [[Alstom Power|Alstom]] bought dinner at Madame Tussauds, while [[British Energy]] entertained three senior civil servants at a recent Burns supper at the Caledonian Club. Meanwhile, a Dutch nuclear company part owned by BNFL paid for drinks and dinner in the Netherlands. <ref> DECC, Email to Rich Cookson, March 2009 </ref>
-In November 2012 an investigation by Spinwatch revealed that the OND's top officials continued to enjoy what some would see as excessive hospitality from an industry they are meant to regulate. Since the Coalition Agreement was signed in May 2010, Mark Higson and two other senior OND officials have been wined and dined over 50 times by nuclear companies or those with a stake in nuclear new build, including pro-nuclear pressure groups, law firms and accountancy firms.
+In November 2012 an investigation by Spinwatch revealed that the OND's top officials continued to enjoy what some would see as excessive hospitality from an industry they are meant to regulate. Since the Coalition Agreement was signed in May 2010, Mark Higson and two other senior OND officials have been wined and dined over 50 times by nuclear companies or those with a stake in nuclear new build, including pro-nuclear pressure groups, law firms and accountancy firms. <Ref> [http://www.scribd.com/doc/114752642/Office-Nuclear-Development-Hospitality-Register-2009-2012  HOSPITALITY REGISTER – OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT 29 Oct 2009 – 29 Oct 2012], published on Scribd </ref>
 :Higson, the Chief Executive of the OND has enjoyed dinners at some of London’s most exclusive culinary establishments where celebrities and businessmen mingle. These include the five Star Grosvenor House Hotel, where starters include oysters and caviar, and the Five Star Berkeley, just a stone’s throw from Sloane Square, whose infamous Blue Bar boasts some of the finest imaginative cocktails, vintage champagnes and selection of malt whiskies in London.

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 :Hergen Haye, who is in charge of new nuclear build at the OND, meanwhile has tucked into breakfast at the Cinnamon Club, and lunch at the Forge at Covent Garden, where there are over 500 wines to choose from. He has received dinners at the exclusive Reform Club in Pall Mall, where annual membership is just under £1,500 and the Cavalry and Guards Club, which offers seven banqueting suites to choose from in its exclusive Mayfair surroundings. Officials from the Department have also attended "receptions" at the RAC Club, the Houses of Parliament, the House of Lords, the Royal Society and the Science Museum.
-:This hospitality is part of a multi-million pound lobbying effort by the nuclear industry to become a central tenet of the Coalition government’s low carbon energy. <ref> Andy Rowell and Rich Cookson, [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5539-nuclear-hospitality-of-key-officials-exposed Nuclear Hospitality of Key Officials Exposed], ''Spinwatch'', 28 November 2012 </ref>
+:This hospitality is part of a multi-million pound lobbying effort by the nuclear industry to become a central tenet of the Coalition government’s low carbon energy. It seems to have paid off. <ref> Andy Rowell and Rich Cookson, [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/67-nuclear/5539-nuclear-hospitality-of-key-officials-exposed Nuclear Hospitality of Key Officials Exposed], ''Spinwatch'', 28 November 2012 </ref>
 ==Nuclear Development Forum==

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 E.ON and RWE announced on 29 March 2012 that they were abandoning plans to build two nuclear power stations at Oldbury in Gloucestershire and Wylfa in Anglesey. The decision was blamed on the German government's retreat from nuclear power after Fukushima and doubts about financing.
-Shortly before the decision was announed, the OND's [[Hergen Haye]] wrote to the firms to asked if he could be informed when they had told Labour's first minister for Wales, of their decision.
+Shortly before the decision was announced, the OND's [[Hergen Haye]] wrote to the firms to asked if he could be informed when they had told Labour's first minister for Wales, of their decision.
 Haye said in his letter this was "in order for us to share our press lines to co-ordinate a united message". The companies' proposed press statements looked "broadly fine", he said, but promised to forward "any detailed comments". He asked about "engagement plans and timing" for telling local authorities. "Also we have been thinking about some difficult/defensive line issues and would be grateful for sight of what you may say," he said.