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* [[Graham McKendry]] - Group Vice President at URS Global Management and Operational Services in the UK. Previously General Manager at [[Nuclear Management Partners]] (July 2012- June 2013), Executive Director at [[Sellafield Ltd]] (2008-2012) and Director of Operational Excellence at [[Westinghouse Electric Company]] (2003-2007). <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/graham-mckendry/10/65b/a8b Graham McKendry], LinkedIn, undated, accessed 10 October 2013</ref>
 
* [[Graham McKendry]] - Group Vice President at URS Global Management and Operational Services in the UK. Previously General Manager at [[Nuclear Management Partners]] (July 2012- June 2013), Executive Director at [[Sellafield Ltd]] (2008-2012) and Director of Operational Excellence at [[Westinghouse Electric Company]] (2003-2007). <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/graham-mckendry/10/65b/a8b Graham McKendry], LinkedIn, undated, accessed 10 October 2013</ref>
  
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* [[Bob Bonner]], Vice President, Business Development at URS Corporation and Chairman at [[British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association]] (BCECA). Currently leading URS’s drive for nuclear decommissioning business in Japan and mainland Europe. Previously Executive Director, [[INS]] Relations & Business Development at Sellafield Ltd, Vice President, Customer Relations & Sales at Westinghouse Electric Company, Head of MOX Commercial at [[BNFL]]. <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/bob-bonner/17/8a6/73?trk=pub-pbmap  Bob Bonner],  LinkedIn, undated, accessed 10 October 2013</ref>
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* [[Bob Bonner]], Vice President, Business Development at URS Corporation since 2007 and Chairman at [[British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association]] (BCECA) since 2013. Currently leading URS’s drive for nuclear decommissioning business in Japan and mainland Europe. Was a senior member of the teams that won the [[NDA]] sponsored competitions for the contracts to manage and operate the Sellafield and [[Dounreay]] sites. Previously Executive Director, [[INS]] Relations & Business Development at Sellafield Ltd, Vice President, Customer Relations & Sales at Westinghouse Electric Company, Head of MOX Commercial at [[BNFL]]. <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/bob-bonner/17/8a6/73?trk=pub-pbmap  Bob Bonner],  LinkedIn, undated, accessed 10 October 2013</ref>
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*Former Cabinet minister [[Lord Strathclyde]] became a part-time paid senior adviser in May 2013. <ref> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/former_ministers/former_ministers_appointments_2012_.aspx Appointments taken up by former Ministers], ACOBA website, last updated 2 October 2013 </ref>
 
*Former Cabinet minister [[Lord Strathclyde]] became a part-time paid senior adviser in May 2013. <ref> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/former_ministers/former_ministers_appointments_2012_.aspx Appointments taken up by former Ministers], ACOBA website, last updated 2 October 2013 </ref>

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Background

URS Corporation is an global engineering, design and construction firm working for both public agencies and private sector companies. With its headquarters in San Francisco, URS has more than 47,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 30 countries. [1]

Pro-nuclear activities

In the UK, URS Corporation is part of the Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) consortium, which manages the Sellafield nuclear complex and was formed by URS with AMEC, a British construction firm working in the nuclear industry, and French nuclear clean-up specialists Areva. [2] NMP's remit includes the commercial operations, waste management, support services, decontamination and decommissioning and new construction projects. [3]

URS claims to have 'the best safety record in the US nuclear industry' and from 1989-2008 it was the lead contractor for the Savannah River Site, the US equivalent to Sellafield.[1]

People

UK & Europe

  • Terry Selby - Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs URS Nuclear Power Europe at URS Corporation.
  • Bob Bonner, Vice President, Business Development at URS Corporation since 2007 and Chairman at British Chemical Engineering Contractors Association (BCECA) since 2013. Currently leading URS’s drive for nuclear decommissioning business in Japan and mainland Europe. Was a senior member of the teams that won the NDA sponsored competitions for the contracts to manage and operate the Sellafield and Dounreay sites. Previously Executive Director, INS Relations & Business Development at Sellafield Ltd, Vice President, Customer Relations & Sales at Westinghouse Electric Company, Head of MOX Commercial at BNFL. [5]
  • Former Cabinet minister Lord Strathclyde became a part-time paid senior adviser in May 2013. [6]

External lobbyists

Affiliations

Contact

Website: http://www.urscorp.com/

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sellafield Ltd Executive team, acc 21 June 2012
  2. ↑ Tim Webb, Caborn lands nuclear job with Amec, The Observer, Sunday 11 November 2007
  3. ↑ work=Energy Central URS-Led Team Named as Preferred Bidder for Sellafield UK Nuclear Complex, July 11, 2008
  4. ↑ Graham McKendry, LinkedIn, undated, accessed 10 October 2013
  5. ↑ Bob Bonner, LinkedIn, undated, accessed 10 October 2013
  6. ↑ Appointments taken up by former Ministers, ACOBA website, last updated 2 October 2013
  7. ↑ Association of Professional Political Consultants. APPC Register Entry, 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2010
  8. ↑ Nuclear Development Forum 27 October 2011, 12noon – 2pm, List of Attendees
  9. ↑ Cogent, Nuclear New Build Expert Panel - Employer Consultation Report 02 July 2009
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