Herbert Smith Freehills and Burges Salmon are among a host of firms winning roles on the £7bn decommissioning of 12 UK nuclear power sites.

two-year competition process run by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has seen the 14 year contract to manage the decommissioning of sites including Hinkley, Sizewell and Dungeness awarded to a joint venture between British engineering group Babcock and US engineering company Fluor.