Helping Deliver Safe, Sustainable Solutions to the UK’s Nuclear Clean-Up
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it was awarded one
of four positions on Lot 1 of the decommissioning delivery partnership
(DDP) to provide multi-disciplined site remediation and decommissioning
services at Sellafield
Ltd in the United Kingdom. The ten-year framework agreement for Lot
1 enables Jacobs (as part of the CNSL joint venture with James Fisher
Nuclear Ltd, Westinghouse Electric Company, Shepley Engineers Ltd, WYG
and REACT Engineering Ltd.) to work collaboratively with Sellafield Ltd
to provide a strategic approach to project and program planning and
delivery.
Working as part of an integrated team with Sellafield Ltd, the joint
venture is providing asset care, nuclear decommissioning, demolition,
waste streaming, post operation close-out support and new build services
to support decommissioning activities.
Jacobs Senior Vice President Mark Bello said, “The joint venture is
responsible for a step change in the planning and delivery of nuclear
decommissioning in some potentially high-hazard environments. Jacobs’
deep knowledge of the Sellafield site stretches back more than 40 years,
and we look forward to leveraging our integrated field services
capability with the best from the supply chain to deliver innovation and
best value.”
The framework begins immediately and has a base period of five years and
a further five-year option period.
Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of
technical, professional and construction services.
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Source: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.