Frazer-Nash to support nuclear site licensing

Horizon Nuclear Power, an equal joint venture of RWE npower and E.ON UK, has purchased land for the development of nuclear plants at Oldbury-upon-Severn in Gloucestershire and at Wylfa on the Isle of Anglesey. 

Both sites have been identified as suitable for development in the government’s draft nuclear National Policy Statement, which was announced on 9 November 2009.

Frazer-Nash has signed a framework agreement with Horizon Nuclear Power for the provision of regulatory and licensing services for a five-year period from 2010.

The agreement will initially focus on supporting Horizon’s submissions of Site Licence Applications for the Oldbury and Wylfa sites.

Commenting on the contract wins, business manager Paul Deeran said: ‘Frazer-Nash now has significant involvement in the development of the UK’s next generation of nuclear power stations, and these contracts complement our ongoing work for the Health and Safety Executive on the Generic Design Assessment, which is considering the options for nuclear reactor design.’