Clean-up of Vulcan nuclear submarine test base delayed

Posted: 11th August 2021

 The clean-up of a north Ministry of Defence plant has been delayed by
three years, it has emerged. Work to decontaminate and dismantle the
nuclear submarine test base at Vulcan, near Thurso, had been due to start
next year. However, a notice advertising for the 10-year contract was
pulled in October by the MoD, who cited a “change in the scope of
work”. Vulcan programme manager Wendy Newton has now confirmed the
clean-up programme has been extended to the end of 2025. In a letter to
Dounreay Stakeholder Group, Mrs Newton makes clear that during this time,
the site will continue to be run by Rolls-Royce. She adds: “The intent
remains to compete the contract for site decommissioning. An update to
industry on the procurement is about to be published and a revised prior
information note will follow in the summer to provide the detail and
commence the new competition.”

 Press & Journal 11th Aug 2021

 https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/3380602/clean-up-of-vulcan-nuclear-submarine-test-base-delayed/