Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
3/28/2014
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority plans to announce the award of the new contract to manage the 10 Magnox nuclear reactor sites and two research reactor sites in a March 31 conference call with bidders, WC Monitor has learned. Four teams submitted bids last fall in the competition: Reactor Site Solutions, comprised of Bechtel and EnergySolutions; the Cavendish Fluor Partnership; CAS Restoration Partnership, made up of CH2M Hill, AREVA and Serco; and UK Nuclear Restoration Ltd., comprised of AMEC, Atkins and Rolls Royce (WC Monitor, Vol. 24 No. 43). The procurement is for a new parent body organization to take ownership of Magnox Ltd. and Research Sites Restoration Ltd., and the contract is expected to be worth £4 billion to £5 billion in the first seven years and almost £2 billion for the next seven years.