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:
| Cobham, ERA | GDA Steps 3 and 4 Electrical Power Systems Technical Support | 01/07/09 | 31/03/11 |
| VT Nuclear Services | Used Fuel Guidance Document | 08/09/09 | 25/09/09 |
| Jacobsen Engineering Ltd | AP1000 Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) assessment support for Step 3 of the GDA process | 26/01/09 | 30/10/10 |
| ABS Consulting Ltd | Review of the EPR PCSR to Extract the External Hazards on Load Cases included in the Design | 02/03/09 | 30/09/09 |
| Gifford Ltd | Grouted in Place Prestressing Tendon Review (EPR Design) | 11/03/09 | 31/12/09 |
| Atkins Nuclear | Use of ETC-C in the Design of Nuclear Structures (EPR Design) | 12/03/09 | 31/01/10 |
| Atkins Nuclear | Use of MISS 3D in the Design of Nuclear Structures (EPR Design) | 12/03/09 | 31/10/09 |
| Arup | Review of the FE Codes used in the Design of the EPR Civil Structures | 13/03/09 | 18/09/09 |
| Arup | Use of ETC-C in the Design of Nuclear Structures (EPR Design) | 18/03/09 | 09/12/09 |
| Gifford Ltd | Use of ETC-Cin the Design of Nuclear Structures (EPR Design) | 22/04/09 | 12/01/10 |
| ERIN Engineering | UK EPR PSA Support for Step 3 GDA | 04/05/09 | 31/01/10 |
| Arup | Grouted in Place Prestressing Tendon Support/Review (EPR Design) | 01/04/09 | 30/10/09 |
| Serco | NII Regulatory Support Programme – Regulatory Review of EPR Technical Code for Fire Protection | 20/05/09 | 30/09/09 |
| Lloyds Register | UK EPR Level 2 PSA Risk Spectrum model review | 19/06/09 | 30/11/09 |
| Frazer Nash Consortium | Step 3 GDA Technical Review - AP1000 & EPR: Reactor Control and Instrumentation (C&I) | 16/03/09 | 31/12/09 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Review of Information relating to Irradiation Embrittlement Aspects of Reactor Pressure Vessels and Core Support Structures | 20/04/09 | 21/08/09 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Generic Design Scoping Review of Chemistry for AP1000 and EPR | 20/04/09 | 30/06/09 |
| Serco | Strategy document for Qualification of Manufacturing Non Destructive Testing (NDT) | 27/04/09 | 31/07/09 |
| Greenstreet Berman | Assessment of PSA Human Reliability Analysis - AP1000 And EPR Designs | 11/06/09 | 31/08/09 |
| Atkins Nuclear | NII Site Investigation Review – Hinkley Point B Geotechnical data | 15/05/09 | 31/12/09 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Review of Good Practice used in PWR to Minimise Radiation Doses and Radioactive Waste (AP1000 & EPR) | 08/06/09 | 03/07/09 |
| Atkins Nuclear | AP1000 Review of Civil Engineering Modular Construction | 15/07/09 | 15/04/10 |
| Gifford Ltd | Review of approach for Modelling Pre-Stress in Precont and Ferrail Codes | 20/07/09 | 21/08/09 |
| ARUP | AP1000 Civil Engineering Modular Construction | 27/07/09 | 27/07/10 |
| AMEC Nuclear | AP1000 Civil Engineering Modular Construction | 20/07/09 | 20/04/10 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Review of Practices used in PWRs to Minimise Radiation Doses and Radioactive Waste | 20/07/09 | 02/11/09 |
| Greenstreet Berman | Expert Review of Human Reliability Assessment (HRA) Technical Assessment Guide (TAG) | 04/08/09 | 11/09/09 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Preparatory Review for Assessment of the CVCS System for AP1000 | 10/08/09 | 30/10/09 |
| Greenstreet Berman | Step3 Human Factors (HF) Review | 17/08/09 | 05/10/09 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Effects of Reactor Operations and Reactor Chemistry on the stability of fuel cladding and assemblies | 01/09/09 | 31/03/10 |
| Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd | Regulators and Standards Bodies for Chemistry and Operator Radiation Review | 07/09/09 | 12/02/10 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Reactor Chemistry Seminars | 14/09/09 | 12/02/10 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Review of Chemical Volume and Control Systems (CVCS) | 14/09/09 | 13/11/10 |
| GRS | Reactor Physics, Thermal Hydraulic Safety Case Support | 15/10/09 | 15/07/10 |
| Serco | Hydrogen control | 21/09/09 | 30/06/10 |
| Jacobsen Engineering | Procurement of 2 CAFTA & 1 FTREX Licences | 01/10/09 | 31/12/09 |
| Stratia | Finalise Format for GDA Technical Reports | 01/10/09 | 30/11/09 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Review of Hydrogen and Corrosion | 09/10/09 | 08/08/10 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory(NNL) | Steam Generator Tube Rupture Events | 02/10/09 | 29/10/10 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Secondary Circuit Chemistry and Materials | 02/10/09 | 26/11/10 |
| Serco | Independent Assessment of Core Coolable Geometry | 15/10/09 | 15/05/10 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Steam Generator Tube Rupture Events | 19/10/09 | 27/08/10 |
| React Engineering Ltd | Design for Decommissioning | 28/10/09 | 31/03/10 |
| AMEC Nuclear | AP1000 Fault Studies | 30/10/09 | 04/11/09 |
| Frazer Nash Consortium | Step 4 Technical Review: Reactor GDA Control and Instrumentation | 02/11/09 | 31/03/11 |
| Erin Engineering | UK EPR Generic Design Assessment | 01/12/09 | 28/02/11 |
| AMEC | Fault Studies | 07/12/09 | 21/02/10 |
| Serco | Sampling Systems | 14/12/09 | 30/09/10 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Review for Assessment of the CVCS system for AP1000 Phase 2 | 23/11/09 | 31/07/10 |
| Greenstreet Berman | Step 4 Human Factors Support | 17/12/09 | 31/01/11 |
| Sandia National Laboratories | EPR Containment Review | 04/01/10 | 30/11/10 |
| Jacobsen Engineering Ltd | Step 4 GDA - Detailed Review of Systems Analysis & Seismic Analysis of AP1000 PSA (Lot 4) | 10/01/10 | 31/07/2010 |
| Information Systems Laboratories Inc | UK EPR Ibloca Trace analysis - GDA Step 4 (Lot 5 EPR) | 15/02/10 | 22/03/2010 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Review of LOFTRAN code & Radiological Consequences for WEC AP1000 (Lot 5) | 12/01/10 | 31/03/2010 |
| Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd | Minimising Radioactive Waste in UK New Build Nuclear Plants (LOT 9 - AP1000 & EPR) | 29/01/10 | 31/05/2010 |
| ARUP | Step 4 Review of SOFiSTiK Finite Element Code used in the design of the EPR Aircraft Protection Shell Civil Structure (Lot 2 EPR) | 27/01/10 | 30/08/2010 |
| Gifford Ltd | Assessment of inner containment design & analysis in Step 4 (Lot 2 EPR) | 14/01/10 | 31/03/2011 |
| ARUP | Step 4 Review of the FE codes used in the design of the EPR civil structures (Lot 2 - EPR) | 15/01/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| ARUP | Step 4 Use of ETC-C in the design of nuclear structures (Lot 2 - EPR) | 15/01/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| ARUP | Step 4 Review of the Use of Europlexus (Lot 2 - EPR) | 22/02/10 | 30/09/2010 |
| ERIN Engineering | UK New Civil Reactor Build Generic Design Assessment: Review of HRA Methods (Lot 13 - EPR & AP1000) | 01/04/10 | 31/10/2010 |
| ABS Consulting Ltd | Step 4 GDA Review of the External Hazards Aspects of the EPR PCSR | 01/02/10 | 28/02/2011 |
| VT Nuclear Services | Review of outline Radioactive Waste Management Cases Produced as part of GDA (Lot 15 AP1000 & EPR) | 08/02/10 | 30/09/2010 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Peer Review of Sampling Systems (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 01/03/10 | 28/04/2011 |
| Serco | Secondary Circuit Chemistry and Materials Peer Review (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 01/04/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| Serco | Severe Accident Chemistry (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 01/03/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Chemistry of Severe Accidents (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 26/02/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | BOA (Boron Offset Anomaly) Model of Primary Circuits (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 12/02/10 | 28/04/2011 |
| Serco | Chemistry and Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking (PWSCC) Review (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 18/03/10 | 31/10/2010 |
| Serco | Containment Response and Severe Accidents GDA Step 4 – Technical Support (Lot 5 AP1000 & EPR) | 20/02/10 | 30/01/2011 |
| Sandia National Laboratories | MELCOR (methods of leakages and consequences of releases) Confirmatory Analysis - Phase 1 | 26/02/10 | 31/08/2010 |
| Frazer Nash Consultancy Ltd | Assessment of the Westinghouse AP1000 Internal Hazards Topic Report | 08/03/10 | 30/06/2010 |
| Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd | Chemistry Standards (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 01/03/10 | 30/09/2010 |
| Bernard Whittle | Process Review Board for Generic Design Assessment (GDA) | 25/03/10 | 31/08/2010 |
| The Business Innovation Group LLP | Process Review Board for Generic Design Assessment (GDA) | 25/03/10 | 31/08/2010 |
| Fylde District Council | Process Review Board for Generic Design Assessment (GDA) | 25/03/10 | 31/08/2010 |
| Serco | Review of DBA Radiological Consequences Results and Methodologies | 15/03/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| University of Birmingham | Process Review Board for Generic Design Assessment (GDA) | 25/03/10 | 31/08/2010 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Drafting of Regulatory Observation (Lot 2 AP1000) | 15/03/10 | 15/08/2010 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Chemistry and Materials in Primary Circuits (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 26/03/10 | 28/04/2011 |
| Atkins Nuclear | Assessment of Internal Hazards for the AP1000 (Lot 1 AP1000) | 19/03/10 | 30/06/2010 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Start-up and Shutdown Chemistry (Lot 9 - AP1000) | 15/03/10 | 31/10/2010 |
| GRS | Technical Review of Criticality Safety Arrangements for AP1000 & EPR Reactor Designs - WSP03 - Work Package 31 | 15/02/10 | 31/03/2010 |
| Nuclear Technologies | Technical Review of Radiogical Protection Arrangements for the Proposed AP1000 & EPR Reactor Designs (Lot 10 AP100 & EPR) | 22/02/10 | 15/07/2010 |
| Nuclear Technologies | Technical Review of Radiogical Shielding Arrangements for the Proposed AP1000 & EPR Reactor Designs (Lot 10 AP1000 & EPR) | 22/02/10 | 15/07/2010 |
| Jacobsen Engineering Ltd | AP1000 PSA Specialist Support to the HSE for Step 4 of the GDA (Lot 4) in 2010/2011 | 01/04/10 | 30/04/2011 |
| Scandpower (Lloyds) | Support at MDEP Meeting Regarding Risk Spectrum PSA Level 2 Questions (Lot 4 EPR) | 29/03/10 | 30/03/2010 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Primary Circuit Chemistry and Materials (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 15/03/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| ABS Consulting Ltd | AP1000 Load Schedule Development and External Hazards (Lot 3 AP1000) | 29/03/10 | 28/02/2011 |
| Atkins Nuclear | Provision of services of David Gibson (Lot 1 Ap1000 & EPR) | 04/05/10 | 31/07/2011 |
| National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) | Start up and shut down chemistry (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 01/04/10 | 28/04/2011 |
| GRS | Work Spec WSP02 - Reactor Physics, Thermal Hydraulic Safety Case Support to HSE ND (Lot 5 AP1000 & EPR) | 15/02/10 | 31/05/2011 |
| AMEC Nuclear | TRACE Analysis of a 10 Inch Cold Leg Break -LOCA (Lot 5 AP1000) | 29/03/10 | 05/09/2010 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Confirmatory Analysis of the Westinghouse AP1000 Passive Containment Cooling System (Lot 5 AP1000) | 19/04/10 | 31/12/2010 |
| ABS Consulting Ltd | Review of Document Interface Arrangements associated with HSE’s European Pressurised Reactor Generic Design Assessment Process (Lot 2 EPR) | 19/04/10 | 28/02/2011 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Support to HSE on AP1000 DBA Radiological Consequences Assessments - Phase 1 (Lot 5 AP1000) | 20/05/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Adding Zirlo Properties to MATARE | 26/05/10 | 23/09/2010 |
| AMEC Nuclear | AP1000 Fault Studies - Phase 3 (Lot 5 AP1000) | 07/06/10 | 20/11/2010 |
| EASL | Determine the Critical Defect Size in the EPR Pressuriser (Lot 12 EPR) | 14/06/10 | 30/09/2010 |
| Information Systems Laboratories Inc | UK EPR IBLOCA TRACE ANALYSIS PHASE 2 - GDA STEP 4 | 01/07/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| React Engineering Ltd | Design for Decommissioning - Phase 2 | 01/07/10 | 31/03/2011 |
| EASL | Review of RCC-M piping design for seismic loads and fatigue | 28/06/10 | 30/11/2010 |
| GRS | Phase 2 - Technical Review of Criticality Safety Arrangements for AP1000 Reactor Design - WSP03 - Work Package 32 (Lot 10 AP1000) | 15/05/10 | 14/11/2010 |
| GRS | Phase 2 - Technical Review of Criticality Safety Arrangements for EPR Reactor Design (Lot 10 EPR) | 15/05/10 | 14/11/2010 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Review of Events involving Waste & Spent Fuel (Lot 15 AP1000 & EPR) | 28/06/10 | 20/12/2010 |
| EASL | Review of Missile Analysis from postulated failure of AP1000 Reactor Coolant Pump Flywheel (Lot 12 AP1000) | 28/06/10 | 31/10/2010 |
| Nuclear Technologies | Technical Review of Radiological Shielding Arrangements for the Proposed AP1000 Reactor Design (Lot 10 AP1000) | 01/06/10 | 31/12/2010 |
| Nuclear Technologies | Technical Review of Radiological Shielding Arrangements for the Proposed EPR Reactor Design (Lot 10 EPR) | 01/06/10 | 31/12/10 |
| Nuclear Technologies | Technical Review of Radiological Protection Arrangements for the Proposed EPR Reactor Design (LOT 10 EPR) | 01/06/10 | 31/12/10 |
| Nuclear Technologies | Technical Review of Radiological Protection Arrangements for the Proposed AP1000 Reactor Design (LOT 10 AP1000) | 01/06/10 | 31/12/10 |
| Atkins Nuclear | Assessment of ETC-C in Step 4 - Part 2 (Lot 2 EPR) | 21/06/10 | 30/11/10 |
| AMTEC Consulting | Process Review Board for Generic Design Assessment (GDA) | 25/03/10 | 30/06/10 |
| AMEC Nuclear | TRACE Analysis of a 10 Inch Cold Leg Break -LOCA PHASE 2 | 09/08/10 | 30/11/10 |
| Serco | UK EPR GDA - Review of the Capability of the Proposed EDF and AREVA UK EPR™ Reactor NDT Inspection Techniques for Pressuriser Weld (Lot 12 EPR) | 03/08/10 | 15/11/10 |
| Serco | UK EPR GDA - Review of the Inspection Techniques for Austenitic and Dissimilar Welds (Lot 12 EPR) | 06/09/10 | 22/10/10 |
| Sandia National Laboratories | AP1000 Technical Support on Containment (Lot 5) | 19/07/10 | 15/12/10 |
| Sandia National Laboratories | UK EPR Technical Support on Containment (Lot 5) | 19/07/10 | 15/12/10 |
| ARUP | Evaluation of Concept Design of the MCR for EPR France Specific Arrangements (Lot 2) | 02/08/10 | 31/10/10 |
| Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd | Attendance at 5 ND-TSC Liaison Meetings August 2010 to January 2011 (Lot 9 AP1000 & EPR) | 01/08/10 | 31/01/11 |
| Serco | UK EPR GDA - Review of RCC-M Design Requirements for the Pressure Boundary of Pumps and Valves (Lot 12) | 15/08/10 | 31/10/10 |
| Health Protection Agency | Assessment of the Westinghouse AP1000 Level 3 PSA – Part 1 (Lot 10) | 09/08/10 | 17/11/10 |
| Health Protection Agency | Assessment of the EDF & Areva EPR Level 3 PSA – Part 1 (Lot 10) | 09/08/10 | 17/11/10 |
| Serco | UK EPR GDA - Repairs in Cast Austenitic Pump Bowls: Assessment of Potential Radiographic and Ultrasonic Techniques (Lot 12) | 20/09/10 | 15/11/10 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Review of ESB-CA Modules - Prof Whittaker (Lot 2 AP1000 | 15/09/10 | 20/02/11 |
| TWI Ltd | Comparison Between RCC-M & ASME Welding Requirements for the UK EPR (Lot 12 ) | 09/08/10 | 31/10/10 |
| EASL | Determine the Critical Defect Size in the UK EPR Pressuriser (Lot 12) | 16/08/10 | 18/12/10 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Review of ESB-CA Modules - AMEC (Lot 2 AP1000) | 15/09/10 | 20/02/11 |
| EASL | Determine the Critical Defect Size in the UK EPR Pressure Vessel (Lot 12) | 20/08/10 | 03/12/10 |
| Information Systems Laboratories Inc | UK EPR IBLOCA TRACE ANALYSIS PHASE 3 - GDA STEP 4 (Lot 5) | 01/10/10 | 31/12/10 |
| ABS Consulting Ltd | AP1000 GDA PSA Containment Fragility Review. (Lot 4) | 01/09/10 | 31/01/11 |
| Serco | Review of the changes in the Methodology for Setting Reactor Pressure Vessel Pressure Temperature Limits for UK EPR & AP1000 GDA | 01/09/10 | 19/11/10 |
| Jacobsen Engineering Ltd | Specialist Support to the HSE for Step 4 of the GDA in 2009/2010 Review of spurious C&I Actuation faults. (Lot 4 AP1000) | 15/09/10 | 30/11/10 |
| Jacobsen Engineering Ltd | Specialist Support to the HSE for Step 4 of the GDA in 2009/2010 Review of the new IVR Analysis. (Lot 4 AP1000) | 15/09/10 | 31/12/10 |
| AMEC Nuclear | Corrosion Performance of Metamic (Lot 9 AP1000) | 11/10/10 | 12/01/11 |
