About us
Research Sites Restoration Limited (RSRL) is the site licence company responsible for the closure programme at Harwell and Winfrith. Winfrith was a major centre for groundbreaking reactor development from the late 1950s to the 1990s whilst Harwell’s origins go back to the dawn of the UK’s nuclear industry in the 1940s.
RSRL has held the site licence, waste disposal authorisation and other necessary legal permits for managing the site since February 2, 2009. Before then, the site was managed by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).
RSRL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UKAEA and operates under contract to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
On October 31, 2009, UKAEA Ltd was sold by the UK Atomic Energy Authority to Babcock International Group.
Senior management positions within the company are occupied by staff seconded from UKAEA and one of its business partners CH2MHILL.
RSRL employs approximately 400 people. Its sub-contracts work to companies in the supply chain and this provides employment for a number of other people. RSRL's business partners are CH2MHILL and AMEC.
The longer term strategy for Harwell and Winfrith is the progressive delicensing of both nuclear licensed sites. The NDA’s decision to focus expenditure on hazard reduction means that some work at Harwell and Winfrith will be deferred in the near term. The allocated expenditure for both sites for 2009/10 is £60.0m.
The key focus is to prepare for care and maintenance whilst maintaining safe and secure sites.
News update:-
- RSRL moves into the private sector with Babcock - November 2009
- NDA competition for site licence company – December 2008
Winfrith Site Operations
Harwell Site Operations
Site Restoration
