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the Ministry of defence Of the "poor management" of the British nuclear weapons programme led to rising costs and longer delays, after the government Watchdog the spending.

saw three security sites in England, known as the defense of the Nuclear Estate.

He found the infrastructure projects, delays will suffer between one and Six Years , with costs rising from £1. 3 Billion Euro.

The MoD has said it is carefully would be to look at the results of The Report .

The projects, the first a value of £2. 5 billion for the improvement of the built, or to replace the existing facilities in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, where four new U-boats from Bae Systems for the Trident missiles are built.

The Other pages are Raynesway near Derby, where Rolls-Royce is the development of nuclear reactors to power the U-boats, and Burghfield in Berkshire, where the Atomic Weapons Establishment, the Assembly of nuclear warheads.

Almost half of the £1. To start 3 billion in increased costs due to the construction works early and to check then, the NAO found.

The Watchdog has detected a unique set of challenges, including the need for compliance with strict security and safety regulations for the nuclear industry, such as the construction of buildings and seismic activity.

But, he said, to overcome the MoD to the controls, these obstacles and to prevent infrastructure-design, over-specified and to ensure that the designs and costs of "affordable".

'Monopolistic provider'

The NAO also criticized what he called "bad contracts" with the MoD is that all of the risks and with The Work of the "monopolistic" supplier.

Bae Systems earned an Extra £10m in management fees increase in the following costs.

The Company has no liability for costs and damages in connection with non-performance. AWE also has additional fees if The Work was postponed.

The Report said it was disappointing to see the MoD is making similar mistakes to those it 30 years ago.

It says, should not be allowed to start The Department , The Work too quickly and should have more control, the cost of the vote-effective designs.

you don't have to, the MoD ' s early management of the programme is not delivered "value for money", said the NAO.

Gareth Davies , head of the NAO, said the "MoD" to mitigate failure, commercial and delivery risks at an early stage led to project delays and cost increases, as well as the impact of his Work ".

Dominic Cummings , the Prime Minister , chief adviser, has been a harsh critic of the defence procurement

The spending Watchdog acknowledged oversight had been improved recently.

But the criticism is likely to catch the attention of the Prime Minister , senior adviser, Dominic Cummings , who wants to overhaul the way the MoD buys military equipment.

Mr Cummings, who has been an outspoken critic of defence procurement, is already in talks with defence Minister Ben Wallace on the possibilities of treatment of waste.

Mr Wallace recently admitted, there was a gap in The Department 's budget.

In a statement, the Ministry of defence said it was the careful examination of the conclusions of The Report , but was obliged to strengthen the management of its own nuclear program.

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Source of news: bbc.com