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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTwo of those schemes have been awarded back-to-back \u2018Green\u2019 ratings by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, meaning \u201csuccessful delivery appears highly likely\u201d.<\/p>\n
The PPP model sees Sellafield work closely with a select group of long-term contractors over a 20-year period, with incentives built in to boost planning, develop the workforce and eliminate duplication.<\/p>\n
MPs said there was now \u201ctangible evidence\u201d that project management was improving and the overall direction of delivery was heading the right way.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut the committee said the wider programme remains deeply troubled.<\/p>\n
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The now-paused Replacement Analytical Project wasted \u00a3127m and ran five years late<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Four major schemes have run over budget by a combined \u00a31.15bn since 2018<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Radioactive water continues to leak from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, the UK\u2019s most dangerous building<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Delays to the planned large-scale radioactive waste Geological Disposal Facility mean that new surface temporary waste buildings costing up to \u00a3760m each may be needed at the site.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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MPs are demanding tougher oversight from government, clearer medium-term targets, and urgent action to address asset deterioration before safety is further compromised.<\/p>\n
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, PAC chair, said that the new delivery model was promising, but it was arriving against a backdrop of failure.<\/p>\n
“Every day at Sellafield is a race against time to complete works before buildings reach the end of their life.<\/p>\n
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“Our report contains too many signs that this is a race that Sellafield risks losing. It is of vital importance that the Government grasp the daily urgency of the work taking place at Sellafield, and shed any sense of a far-off date of completion for which no-one currently living is responsible.”<\/p>\n
Sellafield Ltd is now rolling out lessons from the PPP approach to medium-sized projects, while the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has launched a cross-site leadership group to share best practice.<\/p>\n
The committee also raised red flags over workplace culture, with 16 NDA gagging agreements signed in the last three years and over \u00a3370,000 paid in employment-related claims in 2023-24.<\/p>\n
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