Nuclear Experience
Decommissioning and Operational
We have worked in some capacity on almost all the UK's public nuclear licensed sites (as well as private and defence) alongside site licence companies, licensees, and organisations throughout the supply chain.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – Dounreay Parent Body Organisation (PBO) competition for Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (the site licence company) for the former UKAEA Dounreay site. The decommissioning program is estimated at £2.5 billion over the next 20 years.
Imperial College London – providing a full legal support package to the Reactor Decommissioning Planning Project including advising on; transport, fuel and waste issues; health and safety, licence conditions; site liability and insurance (DTI/NRI), as well commercial, property and procurement support.
Site Licence Companies – We advise most site licence companies on regulatory and operational issues, for example grid connectivity, boundary issues, and compliance, as well as commercial, procurement, property, planning, construction and liability issues.
International Regulatory and Governmental
International Nuclear – one of our key areas of experience is in connection with the application of international nuclear laws. One area that differentiates us from just about all other UK law firms is our knowledge, understanding and experience of the global regulatory regime and the key overarching themes of safety, security, safeguards and liability.
We believe our experience, capability, and links in the area of international nuclear liability and conventions is almost unique within the UK.
We have experience of applying IAEA laws and standards and can advise foreign governments seeking to introduce new nuclear legal regimes.
An international client - providing legal support to contractors in the Middle East.
An international client - legal support to an owner/engineer appointment in a western European jurisdiction.
Export controls advice to numerous clients with global multi-site, multi-jurisdiction operations.
A client – fuel leasing arrangements.
New Build
Our clients include international utility companies, project managers, government agencies and regulators and all tiers in the supply chain.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – We advised on the £400m + sale of land for new nuclear development at Bradwell, Oldbury and Wylfa to EDF and RWE/Eon, and subsequently advised on the £70m land sale to Iberdrola, Suez and SSE at Sellafield.
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – We advised on the transfer of Springfields Fuels Limited to Westinghouse and a 150 year lease to operate the site. It is anticipated the site will be used to build on existing fuel manufacture experience and capability for the next generation of reactors.
Our construction team regularly advises on the NEC3 suite of contracts in the nuclear/new build and major infrastructure projects arenas.
Waste
We work with all the UK's major consignors of radioactive waste, covering just about all the UK's public nuclear sites.
In the UK we act for the RWMD and provide strategic planning advice on the preparation of planning applications for UK deep waste repository. We have particular experience in major infrastructure planning and the IPC.
Internationally, we are working across sixteen jurisdictions on a programme of radio-active material repatriation and we have expert nuclear legal contacts in most jurisdictions.
International Nuclear Services Limited – International transportation of radioactive materials, advising over a number of years on global transportation contracts, commercial fuel agreements, liability, and insurance.
Also advising on commercial agreements between domestic and international customers relating to the storage, handling, reprocessing and transport of nuclear waste and the supply of mixed oxide fuel to the nuclear industry.
We have advised Radsafe CLG since its incorporation on all corporate, commercial and governance issues, as well as nuclear liability, risk, transport, insurance and emergency planning matters.