National Nuclear Laboratory Overview

BECBC 06/09/17

Dr Lindsay Edmiston; Acting Business Leader Waste Management and Technology NNL at a Glance

NNL: The principal R&D organisation to underpin UK’s national nuclear programmes

Key Facts

• Commercial business model Status GoGo • No direct HMG grant funding

• Managed via UK Government Ownership BEIS Investments Workington

• Main customers – Sellafield Revenue ~£110m Ltd, EdF Energy & MoD Preston • Reinvested in facilities and Risley EBIT ~£11m R&D Stonehouse Headcount ~1,000 • >60% STEM degrees/PhDs Culham

3 • Located on nuclear licenced Facilities nuclear sites labs UK Civil Nuclear Industry 2017

Department for Energy and Climate Change

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) National Nuclear Laboratory (Site/Liability Owner) (GOGO) Radioactive formerly BNFL R&T/Nexia Solutions Waste Management (formerly NIREX)

Sellafield Ltd UK Babcock RSRL Ltd 3 Reactor Sites Nuclear Waste Sellafield 2 Harwell Westinghouse (Cavendish Flour Management Ltd Partnership) 3 Capenhurst 1 Partnership Winfrith (Toshiba)

1 Transferred to Capenhurst Nuclear Services (a URENCO Group Company) on November 30, 2012 2 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – Wholly owned subsidiary from April 1, 2016 3 Formal contract awarded September 1, 2014 NNL Ownership and Management (GOGO)

• National Laboratory for both UK Government and Industry

• Support to National R&D Programmes

Tier 1

UK Government Investments UK Technical Advisor

Tier 2 ‘National Strategic’ from October 2013 Technical Work

Tier 3 Commercial Technical Work NNL supports all nuclear programs

• Continued operation of existing reactors & fuel cycle facilities (fuel fabrication, reprocessing) • Legacy waste management / decommissioning • New nuclear build • Geological disposal • Plutonium stockpile disposition • Naval propulsion support • Advanced reactor & fuel cycles • Space energy systems • Security, non-proliferation & safeguards

Between them, NNL employees have over 10,000 person-years of nuclear industry experience Customer Relations – NNL works for all major civil nuclear fission customers delivering contractual work to support their operations, not just R&D

6 NNL Internally Funded R&D Programmes

• Innovation Programmes

• Five “Signature” Research Areas align with UK Strategic issues / needs

• New Strategic Research Programmes Reactor Systems 2016/17 aligned to National Programmes. Initial priorities

‒ Legacy Waste and Decommissioning Waste Management & Decommissioning ‒ Future Nuclear Energy System

• Collaboration is a key aspect of these Reprocessing Fuel Manufacture programmes & Recycle NNL / University / Industry – greater integration

Universities NNL Industry

Basic Science Research, Development and Technology Testing Deployment

1 Technology Readiness Levels 9

Small scale, low rad Full scale, high rad

Independent, Authoritative, Subject Matter Experts Collaboration Facilities

• Key part of NNL are the facilities it operates.

• Assets worth over £1bn (reconstruction value)

• Capabilities exist for handling all nuclear material: , plutonium, spent fuel, high-active waste etc.

• Facility investment programme over £100m

• Strategy to open-up access to third party users and academia

10 • Respecting our past …

• Creating our future

• Fantastic heritage, but a different world today

• Embracing new opportunities:

• Shaped by greater insight • Driven by strategic customer partnerships

• Continuing to:

• Self-fund and deliver amazing solutions • Collaborate with our ‘living network’

11 07/09/2017 • A major investment …

• A crucial investment

• Full business transformation • Wide-ranging scope – 3-4 years • Capability (people, processes, systems) • Culture (values, practices, behaviours) • 3 phases – revitalise, refocus and realise (our vision) • Planning and mobilisation phase completed; launched in June • Right-time engagement – employees, customers and stakeholders • No compromise on safety, security, quality, delivery

12 07/09/2017

• Led by our new Executive Team

Jilly Atherton Rob Sneddon Paul Howarth

David Andrew Beacham Sherry

Ruth Dunphy Fiona Rayment Keith Johnson 13 07/09/2017 Procurement Opportunities

• SME’s play an essential role in delivering UK economic growth and prosperity and NNL is committed to encouraging SME’s to bid for business opportunities.

• Up to March 2017, we placed £37.8m of business with the supply chain. Of which 24.3% was with SME’s.

• We are an active member of the NDA’s Shared Services Alliance (SSA) and support the wider SSA SME strategy, with representatives from the NNL Procurement Team regularly attending ‘Meet the Buyer’ events.

• We are always keen to hear about the capabilities of potential suppliers and we encourage the supply chain to demonstrate how they can help us ensure we meet our customer’s obligations.

Procurement Opportunities

• Tender opportunities support both our commercial work and the our facilities development

• Tender opportunities can be found on Contracts Finder

(https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder)

• Further information can be found via

http://www.nnl.co.uk/commercial-services/procurement/

Contact details: Dr Lindsay Edmiston [email protected] Tel: 019467 87450