Serco, Battelle To Run UK National Nuclear Laboratory
March 23 2009 - 2:33PM
Dow Jones News
A consortium led by U.K. international service company Serco
Group PLC (SRP.LN) with the U.S.' Battelle and the University of
Manchester has been selected as recommended bidder to run the
U.K.'s National Nuclear Laboratory at Sellafield, the U.K.
government said Monday.
The NNL, formerly Nexia Solutions, will become an international
center of excellence in nuclear research and development, playing a
vital role in cleaning up both the U.K.'s nuclear waste legacy and
contributing to the nuclear new build program.
"With new nuclear power stations in the U.K. coming forward by
2018, and decommissioning of old sites progressing, the National
Nuclear Laboratory will be an increasingly important facility,"
said Energy and Climate Change Minister Mike O'Brien.
"It will be a leader in high-tech nuclear skills in the U.K.,"
he added.
The role of the contractor will be to provide strategic vision
and management to the NNL and to develop it as a standalone
business.
The contract will be for an initial three-year period with
options to be extended by up to two years.
Subject to completion of a number of outstanding actions, the
Department of Energy and Climate Change expects the contract to
come into effect April 1.
The NNL will be operated under a Government Owned Contractor
Operated arrangement.
-By Selina Williams, Dow Jones Newswires +44 207 842 9262;
selina.williams@dowjones.com
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