A NEW nuclear licence has been granted at the decommissioned Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment site. Chief Nuclear Inspector Mark Foy has granted the licence to Inutec Limited, who trade as Tradebe Inutec and who occupy part of the Magnox Limited Winfrith nuclear site. Radioactive waste treatment and recycling specialist Tradebe Inutec officially acquired buildings at the former nuclear plant earlier this month. Until then, the firm had operated as a tenant of Magnox under their nuclear licence. The existing Magnox Limited Winfrith licence has now been revoked and re-licensed to account for the changes. This latest nuclear licence, which was initially applied for by Tradebe in April 2016, is the first granted by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) to an operating facility for 15 years. Denise Cardenas, Safety Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Manager at Trade Inutec said: “We are absolutely delighted that our nuclear site licence has been granted for our Winfrith site in Dorset. “We’ve been working for many months with the ONR, Environment Agency (EA) and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Magnox Limited and local stakeholders to put in place the arrangements for us to acquire the land at Winfrith and to achieve stand-alone nuclear site licensee status. The nuclear site licence enables us to press ahead at pace with our plans to develop our workforce, skills and capability to create a UK centre of excellence for specialist nuclear waste management, supporting the UK’s nuclear decommissioning mission and delivering value for our customers. “The site licence will provide a sustainable future for Tradebe Inutec and highly-skilled jobs within the local community.”
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