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INSIGHT Into Nuclear Decommissioning ISSUE 6 2011 INSIGHT into nuclear decommissioning Jobs for the future Page 9 Turbine hall set for demolition Page 7 Dealing with the past. Protecting the future. Contents Equipment sent to assist 3 Fukushima communications Japanese recovery effort challenge 4-5 Support for workforces The NDA, along with many other organisations 6-7 Accelerated sites update and countries, has sent specialist equipment to 8 Waste firms join ILW programme Japan after a request for assistance was made 9 Jobs for the future through the UK’s Department of Energy and 10 New waste route opens up Climate Change. 11 Machine sucks up sludge Sellafield Ltd were asked to take packaged up as air freight and sent the lead in co-ordinating with the to Japan. 12 Land restored rest of the NDA’s sites to collect spare radiological measuring and Chief Executive Tony Fountain 13 Enabling investment protection equipment that would said: "I would like to thank and congratulate those at Sellafield, 14-15 New options for LLW contribute to Japanese efforts to manage the situation at the Dounreay, Magnox and INS who 16 Norwegian dialogue damaged Fukushima plant. worked tirelessly to harness their resources and provide assistance 17 Harbour expands Staff from Dounreay drove through to our colleagues in the Japanese the night with a van full of equipment nuclear industry at this very 18 Vault excavations such as respirators, hand-held challenging time." radiation survey equipment, 19 Tanks create atmosphere personal dosimeters, dust masks The Japanese embassy had made the request to DECC for a range of 20 Research forum meets and protective suits to the collection point in Cumbria. Together with specialist equipment. stock from other sites, it was Welcome to the May 2011 edition of Insight magazine, the NDA's round-up of activities across the estate. If you would like to receive copies on a regular basis, do send in a request. In the meantime, we would be interested in Damage to the Fukushima plant, above, led to the evacuation of residents hearing your views and and the monitoring of radiation levels, below any suggestions for improving the format. Comments to the editor Deborah Ward on 01925 802343 or ISSUE 6 2011 [email protected] Front cover: Demolition work being carried out at Bradwell INSIGHT - 2 Guest viewpoint John McNamara, Head of Media and PR at the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), looks at the communications challenges in the wake of the Fukushima tragedy. The NIA is the trade association and representative voice of Britain's civil nuclear industry. Facing up to the Fukushima challenge Now three months on from the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, the global nuclear industry is still coming to terms with perhaps its most challenging of communications issues. In fact, although the headlines have long since faded, it’s hard to think of a more severe test for the industry’s communicators. The world will remember Fukushima easy to keep the flow of real-time against the backdrop of sheer information moving. destruction and sorrow that the worst-ever recorded earthquake But where does the industry go now and tsunami wreaked on the people that the situation has stabilised? of Japan. The recent report by our Chief They will remember TV replays of Nuclear Inspector Mike Weightman nuclear power station explosions has brought reassurance that the and the thousands of people UK’s response will be measured. forced to leave their homes and Although Dr Weightman notes that possessions. an earthquake of such massive proportions is far beyond anything They will wonder about the future of the UK is ever likely to experience, nuclear in their own countries and he recognises that the industry must whether the recent renaissance is respond - indeed that it is already already doomed. responding - and that lessons learned will be applied rigorously. Nuclear has always been a “tough one” for communicators – but as His initial findings are positive in we have seen in recent years, the terms of new nuclear build in the UK, public’s opinion has improved, the professional management and and pre-Fukushima there was a safety of our current installations and strengthening political consensus in the clear and simple message they behind the industry. send to a concerned general public: Nuclear is safe. We look forward to The NIA’s role as the nuclear publication of the full report. industry’s trade association has been threefold. Firstly we have taken the On a wider communications level lead in keeping member companies with the media, politicians and and associates informed of the day- general public, we will need to find to-day implications. out where we stand. The NIA will be undertaking some “mid-term” public We have also taken the lead in opinion polling to find out how, if at dealing with media enquiries or all, Fukushima has changed people’s helping to find the right person to perception of nuclear. speak to the media. And thirdly, we John McNamara have taken a lead in dealing with the Other polls suggest that the public ISSUE 6 2011 public’s views of nuclear still support nuclear at the heart post-Fukushima. of a future low-carbon economy, through this September’s party confirming that Fukushima has so far conference season. We will also Working closely with the World not fundamentally changed views. engage with the media, use speaking Nuclear Association, with whom we opportunities, the website and other share our office in London, and the We also need to start re-engaging social media outlets to help reinforce INSIGHT - IAEA, we have also relied heavily on with people. Politicians will need our key messaging that nuclear daily reports from Tepco, who own to reassure themselves that their should be at the heart of our low- the Fukushima plant and just happen previous support for nuclear is well- carbon economy going forward. to be NIA members. So it has been placed. So we plan to fully engage 3 Socio-economic support Support for communities facing job losses The NDA is investing millions of pounds to support the retraining of site workforces in regions that are particularly vulnerable to the impact of future closures. Working in partnership with other contributed a sum of £808,875 while Cleaning up the Dounreay site local authority, business and training Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd will accounts for more than 10% of the organisations, a range of initiatives provide £100,000 per year over the current GDP of the North Highlands, are being implemented to assist three-year programme. while many more businesses benefit staff seeking to acquire new skills, indirectly from consumer spending. alternative career opportunities or An estimated 2,000 jobs will setting up businesses. disappear over the coming years Dounreay has reduced its workforce both from the site itself and by approximately 300 in the last five Priority support is being targeted at associated businesses as clean- years, to the current level of 900, and regions where NDA sites dominate up and demolition of the former will continue to shrink as more of the the local economy and there are research site nears completion. site is cleaned up and demolished. few obvious alternatives for the displaced workers who will be Caithness Chamber of Commerce At Chapelcross in the Borders, affected in the years ahead. The is leading the Make the Right meanwhile, the 300-strong workforce funding is tailored to reflect the Connections initiative to harness is set to drop by 80% over the next characteristics and needs of workforce expertise in the area, six years as the site approaches each region. initially carrying out an audit a phase of less intensive on-site of existing skills and business activity before final site clearance. In Caithness, a £2.2 million capabilities and then matching these programme has just been agreed with opportunities in new industry The Beyond Chapelcross initiative, to assist Dounreay staff and supply through retraining, business growth supported by £1.2 million from the chain businesses in adjusting to the and marketing. NDA, is designed to strengthen and site’s eventual closure. The NDA has diversify the local business base Clean-up bodies in jobs pledge Representatives of the Caithness nuclear industry have signed a “socio- economics partnering charter” to improve employment prospects for workers whose jobs currently depend on Dounreay. The NDA, contractor Babcock and the Site Licence Company Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd will work together to contribute to regeneration of the North Highlands as the nuclear site is decommissioned and jobs disappear. The NDA spends about £150 million a year on work to clean up and close down Dounreay. About £80 million of this goes into the local economy in salaries, contracts and purchases. "The work being carried out in ISSUE 6 2011 this area is groundbreaking for the NDA,” said NDA Chief Executive Tony Fountain. “This approach, which will be a contractual requirement in the new PBO Tony is pictured signing the Socio-Economic and Stakeholder INSIGHT - contract, ensures we make best charter, along with (from the left) Relations Manager Anna use of our combined resources to Babcock Non-Executive Director MacConnell and DSRL Managing focus on delivering socio-economic Martin Austick, Ken Nicol, DSRL Director Simon Middlemas. 4 initiatives quickly and effectively.” Socio Economic Manager, NDA and help members of the workforce to find alternative employment in the region. It will be delivered by Magnox Ltd, in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Council. The initiative complements the existing Chapelcross Industry Park project – to which the NDA has committed £2.5 million – which will provide much-needed space for business start-ups.
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