As part of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate's (NII) drive to increase the pace of GDA, we are placing work packages with contractors to help us carry out our detailed technical assessment of new nuclear power station designs. We established a framework agreement, including 31 Technical Support Contractors, across a range of 15 technical areas using the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) process.
So far, we have placed 134 work packages with a total value of £13.1m.
The contracts placed so far are as follows:
| ERIN Engineering | Risk Gap Analysis (Lot 4 EPR) | 01-Nov-10 | 31-Jan-11 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serco | Material Conditioning (Lot 9 EPR & AP1000) | 01-Oct-10 | 25-Feb-11 |
| EASL | Determine the Critical Defect Size in the AP1000 RPV Nozzle to Shell Weld (Lot 12 AP1000) | 18-Oct-10 | 18-Mar-11 |
| ARUP | Review of Upgraded ETC-C Design Code User Guide (AFCEN 2010) (Lot 2 EPR) | 15-Nov-10 | 31-Jul-11 |
| Babcock International | Review of Outline Radioactive Waste Management Cases for AP1000 and EPR Reactor Designs produced as a part of GDA (Lot 15 AP1000 & EPR) | 04-Jan-11 | 31-May-11 |
| Health Protection Agency | Westinghouse AP1000 - Stage 2 - Independent Level 3 PSA Calculations and Review (Lot 10 AP1000) | 29-Nov-10 | 31-Jan-11 |
| Health Protection Agency | Areva/EDF EPR – Stage 2 – Independent Level 3 PSA calculations & review (Lot 10 EPR) | 29-Nov-10 | 31-Jan-11 |
| EASL | Review of the AP1000 RPV Safe End Nozzle - Dissimilar Metal Weld Fracture Assessment | 15-Dec-10 | 15-Apr-11 |
| EASL | Review the Fracture Assessment of a Dissimilar Metal Weld on the EPR RPV Outlet Nozzle | 15-Dec-10 | 15-Apr-11 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Support for Lot 9 | 06-Dec-10 | 30-Jan-11 |
| Nuclear Technologies | Health Physics and Radwaste facility Aspects of New Build (Lot 10 AP1000 & EPR) | 04-Jan-11 | 31-Oct-11 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Revision of Good Practice Guide Report (AP1000 & EPR lot15) | 01-Mar-11 | 31-May-11 |
| Multiphysics Ltd | General support for Multiphysics activities | 01-Feb-11 | 31-Dec-11 |
| Frazer Nash Consultancy Ltd | Reactor GDA Control and Instrumentation GDA Issues Resolutions EDF/Areva UK EPR | 01-Jul-11 | 30-Nov-12 |
| ARUP | Post Step 4 Review of the GDA Issue (PGI-UKEPR-CE-002) on ETC-C (EPR Technical Codes – Civil) for the UK EPR (European Pressurised Reactor) | 01-Aug-11 | 30-Nov-11 |
| ABS Consulting Ltd | Post Step 4 Review of EPR Dropped Loads Report | 01-Jul-11 | 30-Sep-11 |
| ABS Consulting Ltd | Review of the Impact of Changes in the Pre-construction Safety Report (PCSR) on the Load Schedule Assessment for the UK EPR | 04-Jul-11 | 31-Jan-12 |
| ABS Consulting Ltd | Review of the EPR GDA Issue on Seismic Analysis (GI-UKEPR-CE06) | 15-Jul-11 | 31-Oct-11 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Review of the UK EPR GDA Issue on Structural Integrity Surveillance Scheme Consultancy (GI-UKEPR-SI-02) | 12-Aug-11 | 30-Nov-11 |
| Nuclear Technologies | Generic Design Assessment (GDA) - Review of the EPR GDA Issue on Radiological Shielding Support (GI-UKEPR-RP01) | 30-Aug-11 | 31-Mar-12 |
| Nuclear Technologies | Generic Design Assessment (GDA) - Review of the EPR GDA Issue on Radiological Protection Support (GI-UKEPR-RP01) | 30-Aug-11 | 31-Mar-12 |
| Serco | Review of the EPR GDA Issue on Reactor Chemistry (GI-UKEPR-RC-01) (Action 1 - Impact of Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners during accidents) | 30-Aug-11 | 31-Mar-12 |
| Serco | Review of the EPR GDA Issue on Reactor Chemistry (GI-UKEPR-RC-01) (Action 2 – Performance of the UK EPR Combustible Gas Control System (CGCS)) | 01-Sep-11 | 31-Mar-12 |
| GRS | Technical Review for Demonstration of the Performance of the UK EPR Combustible Gas Control System (CGCS) under Bounding Accident Conditions – GDA Issue GI-UKEPR-RC-01.A2 | 25-Sep-11 | 31-Mar-12 |
| GRS | Technical Review for the Operation of the UK EPR Combustible Gas Control System (CGCS) with Reduced PAR Performance – GDA Issue GI-UKEPR-RC-01.A1 | 25-Sep-11 | 31-Mar-12 |
| Gifford | (GDA) - Review of the EPR GDA Issue on Inner Containment Design & Analysis | 21-Nov-11 | 31-Mar-12 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Generic Design Assessment (GDA) - Review of the EPR GDA Issue on Reactor Chemistry (GI-UKEPR-RC-01) (Action 3 – Iodine Volatility in Containment under Accident Conditions) | 01-Dec-11 | 31-Mar-12 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Generic Design Assessment (GDA) - Review of the EPR GDA Issue on Reactor Chemistry (GI-UKEPR-RC-02) (Action 1 – Responses on Activity Levels and Control in the UK EPR) | 01-Dec-11 | 31-Mar-12 |
| GRS | Technical Review for Heterogeneous Boron Dilution Fault during Shutdown Conditions and following SBLOCA (Small Break Loss of Coolant Accident) - GI-UKEPR-FS-01 | 19-Dec-11 | 30-Jun-12 |
Designs for potential new nuclear power stations - MISC790