Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
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Magnox Ltd announce restructure
A new organisational structure will ensure that Magnox Ltd is appropriately resourced to deliver its decommissioning programme on behalf of the NDA.
Having completed the relicensing of Research Sites Restoration Limited (RSRL), the former Site Licence Company (SLC) for the Harwell and Winfrith sites, into Magnox Limited on 1April 2015, Magnox Limited has reached a stage where it is now ready to announce its new organisational structure.
Staff numbers at the 12 sites operated by Magnox Ltd have been declining for a number of years as progress is made on the decommissioning programmes. This announcement sets out plans to reduce workforce numbers by between 1400-1600 over the next 17 months. The NDA has been assured that efforts will be undertaken to mitigate the impact of any job losses through an emphasis on voluntary redundancy, reskilling and the potential for alternative employment in Magnox Limited’s parent companies, Cavendish Nuclear and Fluor Corporation.
The restructure follows the NDA’s appointment of CFP, last September, as the new Parent Body Organisation (PBO) for two of the NDA’s Site Licence Companies (SLCs), Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd. The appointment followed a two-year competitive procurement process launched in 2012, with the primary aim of delivering a more efficient, effective programme within agreed funding levels. The NDA is confident that the Magnox contract will deliver savings for the taxpayer of approximately £1 billion over the full contract period compared with previous plans.
The NDA has duties under the Energy Act 2004 to promote competition and to secure value for money in the delivery of its mission. The primary objective of the contract is to take 12 nuclear sites – two in Scotland, two in Wales and eight in England into Care and Maintenance (C&M) or into their interim end states by 2028. Two of the sites are scheduled to enter C&M within the next few years, followed by the others, leaving only sealed reactor buildings and waste stores for a number of decades before final clean-up.
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