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| Magnox to cut up to 1,600 jobs at nuclear power sites | |
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| Magnox has said it plans to cut up to 1,600 jobs across 12 of its nuclear power sites by September 2016. | Magnox has said it plans to cut up to 1,600 jobs across 12 of its nuclear power sites by September 2016. |
| The company says the cuts will include staff, agency and contract roles. | The company says the cuts will include staff, agency and contract roles. |
| Magnox said: "The mission to safely decommission the Magnox sites has always predicted reducing staff numbers over the coming years." | Magnox said: "The mission to safely decommission the Magnox sites has always predicted reducing staff numbers over the coming years." |
| Eleven of the plants have already stopped generating power, while the plant at Wylfa on Anglesey in North Wales is due to close next year. | Eleven of the plants have already stopped generating power, while the plant at Wylfa on Anglesey in North Wales is due to close next year. |
| "These proposed reductions arise from planned step downs in the work programme at a number of sites and the implementation of a more streamlined operating model for delivering decommissioning," the company said. | "These proposed reductions arise from planned step downs in the work programme at a number of sites and the implementation of a more streamlined operating model for delivering decommissioning," the company said. |
| "We will seek wherever possible for these reductions to be through voluntary means and we will endeavour to retrain staff in roles where we are currently reliant on agency resources. | "We will seek wherever possible for these reductions to be through voluntary means and we will endeavour to retrain staff in roles where we are currently reliant on agency resources. |
| "We are now going through a period of formal collective consultation with our recognised trade unions and individual consultation and counselling staff before an appropriate best fit exercise begins." | "We are now going through a period of formal collective consultation with our recognised trade unions and individual consultation and counselling staff before an appropriate best fit exercise begins." |