AECOM announced Monday it had signed an agreement with Toshiba to collaborate on nuclear decommissioning projects in Japan.
The announcement came hours after the Los Angeles-based infrastructure specialist said it would next year spin off its Management Services branch into a separate company. Management Services handles the company’s government contracts and appears to be central to the new agreement with Toshiba.
“We are excited to partner with Toshiba and further expand our expertise in the nuclear D&D market,” John Vollmer, AECOM president for Management Services, said in a press release. “In addition to our ongoing work at key U.S. Department of Energy sites and our recent selection for the $400 million Dounreay decommissioning framework, our teams have demonstrated a high level of success as we continue to expand our share within this high-growth market.”
AECOM noted that its areas of expertise in the industry include program management, planning, environmental remediation, waste management and decommissioning, and closure services.
In a separate press release, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions (ESS) said the agreement “is intended to allow both companies to collaborate in setting up their organizations and to promote combined and joint services to Japanese utility owners in a prompt manner.”
Toshiba and AECOM have worked together in the Japanese nuclear decommissioning market since 2014, according to the release. Neither company discussed any specific decommissioning projects they might bid on.
Twenty-four nuclear power reactors in Japan are set for decommissioning or being considered for decommissioning, Toshiba ESS Chief Nuclear Officer Yanase Goro said in the company’s release.
AECOM is a partner in the general contractor for the upcoming decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California. Along with its work for the Department of Energy, AECOM also cited its decommissioning contracts for the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
