By Julian Goldsmith, 16 October 1998 00:30
NEWS Newly acquired BNFL (British Nuclear Fuels) subsidiary, Magnox Electric has shelved a £2m project to upgrade its client server infrastructure. The company sent out an invitation to tender last May for the provision of a Microsoft Windows NT and Office infrastructure at all 10 Magnox nuclear reactors in the UK. The system was due for delivery at the end of September, but was delayed for a month. A company representative revealed exclusively to Silicon.com that a shortlist of applicants had been drawn up at that point, but that funding for the project had not yet been approved. Finally, this week, the Magnox representative admitted that the project had been shelved, at least until next April - but probably indefinitely. The revelation comes at the same time as an internal 18 month review of the BNFL Group's IT systems was concluded. The stated aim of the review - according to BNFL's wholly owned subsidiary services provider ITS - was to cut ongoing IT related costs by 25 per cent and standardise technology. A spokesman for ITS confirmed that Magnox had been included in a business analysis conducted by them for BNFL, but could give no further details. A spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive said there was little danger in the upgrade's suspension impacting the operational efficiency of the Magnox plants, as the control systems are separate and often hardwired in. BNFL was unavailable for comment.
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