The agreements last for four years and cover a range of services to support decommissioning.
The selected partners are:
• Astrel (Aker Solutions E&C, Hertel, Studsvik UK)
• Cumbria Nuclear Solutions (James Fisher Nuclear, React Engineering, Shepley Engineers, Stobbarts, WYG Engineering, Westinghouse Electric)
• DEV Nuclear (Doosan Power Systems., Energy Solutions EU and Babcock Nuclear)
• Nuvia.
The frameworks offer the opportunity to place up to £35m a year through individual packages of work. Client Sellafield Ltd said that the new frameworks would help accelerate hazard reduction at the site.
The new framework partners have been chosen to provide specialist nuclear engineering solutions to technically challenging projects, many of which have to be carried out in high radiation environments.
Sellafield commercial director Keith Case said: ”Sellafield Ltd is applying both existing and new innovations to overcome technical decommissioning challenges, whilst at the same time making these work in highly radioactive environments.
“The new partners have beaten off stiff competition to secure involvement in these important decommissioning frameworks at Sellafield. Our primary focus, and that of our owners Nuclear Management Partners, is the safe decommissioning and clean-up of the Sellafield site and the decommissioning frameworks will bring a good complement of skills and expertise to meet our goal of tackling the high hazard projects at Sellafield safely, with care for the environment and whilst ensuring best value for the taxpayer.
“The previous decommissioning frameworks were in place for four years and provided a sound basis for delivering a number of key hazard reduction projects. Sellafield Ltd has taken the opportunity to review the learning from our experience to identify opportunities for improvement and build this into the revised arrangements going forward. A corner stone of this approach will the development of appropriate partnering behaviours demonstrated by early and genuine engagement of the supply chain in effectively meeting the challenges we face.”
Some 55 historic buildings have already been demolished at Sellafield and 108 decommissioning projects are underway today.
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