Jacobs to support refurb of UK nuclear research facilities
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The contract is estimated to be worth GBP10 million (USD11 million). The initial contract term is one year with options for three additional one-year extensions.
The scope of the contract includes design, build and refurbishment work at the Windscale and Central Laboratories at Sellafield in Cumbria, a specialist analytical services and process chemistry facility in Preston, Lancashire, and a test-rig centre in Workington, Cumbria.
Jacobs, a US-based multinational, is responsible for: requirements definition; project specification; concept, preliminary and detailed design; procurement and installation.
"This work will help ensure that the UK's advanced nuclear research and development capability remains world-class," said Jacobs Energy, Security & Technology Senior Vice President Karen Wiemelt. "We will draw on our deep knowledge of nuclear engineering design and our decades-long experience of operating our own 12,000 square-metre complex of laboratories and test rigs in Warrington, UK."
"It's crucial that we continue to invest in our laboratories to meet our stakeholders needs as well as wider industry ambitions and to perform our role as the national laboratory for nuclear fission," said NNL Chief Customer Officer David Beacham. "Our people and facilities are our most important assets, so this project will continue to protect and create highly-skilled jobs in the northwest of England."
Established in 2008, NNL is the UK's national nuclear laboratory. Its facilities support new reactor build and existing reactor operations as well as decommissioning, clean-up and fuel processing plants, and handling and inspection services for nuclear material.
