Provision of Technical Support for Hinkley Point C Internal Hazards Safety Case Assessment

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The Department for Work and Pensions awarded a contract to Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd for the provision of technical support to the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on the Hinkley Point C internal hazards safety case.

The contractor was to supply staff equivalent to one full-time equivalent from Lot 1 of ONR's technical support framework to assist with the assessment of submissions and safety cases for internal hazards for first and second consents, including reviewing internal hazards models, drafting requests for additional information, and advising on the adequacy of licensee responses.

The engagement was anticipated to last until December 2016, subject to the UK government's financial investment decision, with the contractor working as an integral member of the assessment team at ONR's Redgrave Court office in Bootle and potentially re-tasked to other reactor programme areas such as operating reactors and generic design assessment.

The contract value was AUD 238,807.