Software tracks nuclear waste

environmental software company

will introduce its software at five of the nuclear sites currently being decommissioned in southern

.

Magnox South, a company owned by Utah-based EnergySolutions, awarded the contract to install AttentionIT’s eMWaste software at all its facilities and to proceed with a rollout schedule that AttentionIT will service from its new international headquarters in Warrington.

AttentionIT’s eMWaste is a waste tracking software that provides electronic storage of information related to ‘cradle to grave’ treatment of radioactive and mixed waste. This includes characterisation, storage, movement, processing, treatment, shipping and disposal of waste products.

The UK has authorised more than £73bn for the clean up of 20 civil nuclear sites over several decades. AttentionIT believes that its software will play a key role in the UK’s decommissioning activities and plans to use its base in the north west to eventually service sites nationwide.

Mark Hughes, executive director of economic development at the North West Development Agency (NWDA), said: ‘AttentionIT has been able to benefit from the expertise and industry knowledge of our colleagues at the North of England Investment Agency, who since 2006 have worked closely with the company to establish good relationships. By having representatives on territory in key overseas markets, the NWDA is able to directly showcase the region’s opportunities, innovation, talent, infrastructure and affordability.’

Mark Orren, chief executive of AttentionIT, said: ‘The Warrington site will not only be our national UK base, but our international headquarters. We are able to operate our software remotely from a central location and Warrington’s central base in the heart of England’s north west has the necessary infrastructure to allow us to tackle the entire UK market and to ultimately break into the European market and beyond.

‘We plan to hire from within the UK, utilising the skills and enhanced knowledge of the local population. Our company may be based in Knoxville, but I anticipate the UK office becoming the larger employer within the next three years.’