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| Magnox to cut up to 1,600 jobs at nuclear power sites | 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." |
| The Unite trade union said the news was "shocking" and the move would lead to "a loss of vital skills and expertise in the nuclear industry". | |
| Its national officer for energy, Kevin Coyne, said the union would be seeking an urgent meeting with the company and campaigning for no compulsory redundancies. | |
| 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." |
| The company added: "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." | The company added: "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." |
| A Magnox representative told the BBC that some of these job losses were expected, since the company has been gradually decommissioning its nuclear sites for the past ten years. | A Magnox representative told the BBC that some of these job losses were expected, since the company has been gradually decommissioning its nuclear sites for the past ten years. |
| Throughout the process, "safety is the crucial protocol", said Haf Morris, a press officer for Magnox. | Throughout the process, "safety is the crucial protocol", said Haf Morris, a press officer for Magnox. |
| Magnox's nuclear sites: | Magnox's nuclear sites: |
| • Berkeley, Gloucestershire | • Berkeley, Gloucestershire |
| • Bradwell, Essex | • Bradwell, Essex |
| • Chapelcross, Dumfriesshire | • Chapelcross, Dumfriesshire |
| • Dungeness A, Kent | • Dungeness A, Kent |
| • Harwell, Oxfordshire | • Harwell, Oxfordshire |
| • Hinkley Point A, Somerset | • Hinkley Point A, Somerset |
| • Hunterston A, Ayrshire | • Hunterston A, Ayrshire |
| • Oldbury, Gloucestershire | • Oldbury, Gloucestershire |
| • Sizewell A, Suffolk | • Sizewell A, Suffolk |
| • Trawsfynydd, North Wales | • Trawsfynydd, North Wales |
| • Winfrith, Dorset | • Winfrith, Dorset |
| • Wylfa, Anglesey, North Wales | • Wylfa, Anglesey, North Wales |