NSG-Led Unity+ Team Awarded NDA Research Portfolio Framework Contract
May 8th 2025
Author: Joshua Rimmer
We are delighted to announce that the Unity+ team, led by NSG, has been successful on the first contract released through the new NDA Research Portfolio (NRP) framework. This scope of work will be led and primarily delivered by NSG with support from Cavendish Nuclear and Veolia.
The project, formally titled ‘Cementitious Materials for Waste Encapsulation – Mitigations for Evolving Powder Supplies’, is a three-year contract worth over £500k and involves a combination of desk-based tasks, stakeholder engagement and a comprehensive trials programme. The work will focus on the impact of the cement and steel industries’ evolution towards carbon net zero on the NDA estate. The output will help inform future strategy and policy around cement for ILW disposal (NDA Strategic Outcome 34).
Gráinne Carpenter, Consultancy Services Director at NSG, commented:
“The award of this contract reinforces our reputation as one of the foremost experts in strategy development and technical consultancy in the nuclear industry. On behalf of the Unity+ team, we look forward to working with the NDA on this project and helping them develop sustainable solutions to the nuclear industry’s challenges, both now and in the future.”
