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From Sellafield to the States and back again: The journey of BNFL and the effect on its in-house legal services

September 2008
ManagementEnergy

Abstract

This paper will discuss the development and ultimate decline of BNFL, a Government owned public limited company in the nuclear sector, and its in house legal team. It considers the key challenges in the 1990's to develop the BNFL Group into the leading global nuclear services provider, culminating in the acquisition of Magnox Electric plc and Westinghouse Electric LLC.

Author

Sue Quint
Group Legal Director, Bnfl, UK

Sue Quint joined BNFL in 1982 and became a Solicitor in 1992. She was initially employed as a commercial lawyer, becoming Head of Special Projects in 1995. From that she headed up the Corporate and Commercial team for BNFL in 2000, dealing with the acquis

Company

Bnfl

British Nuclear Fuels plc was established as a limited company in 1971 by virtue of the Atomic Energy Act 1971 and became a plc in 1984. In the 1990's there was rapid growth and by 2000 we had acquired Magnox Electric plc and Westinghouse Electric LLC. In

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