British engineering consulting firm Amec Foster Wheeler said Wednesday it had been awarded two contracts worth a total of 4 million pounds ($5.1 million) from the company that manages the United Kingdom’s Low Level Waste Repository.
Each contract is worth roughly 2 million pounds and will last roughly four years, according to an Amec Foster Wheeler press release. Both are reappointments for services the company already provides to LLW Repository Ltd., Amec Foster Wheeler spokesman Stephen Brauner said by email.
The company, under a contract that runs from April 2017 to March 2021, will be the sole provider of hydrogeological and geological support for environmental safety case services. It will also join three other firms in providing general technical support to the company.
The other contract, from this month to March 2021, calls for Amec Foster Wheeler to supply analytical support services and environmental monitoring support – specifically analysis of waste samples — through its analytical laboratories, the release says.
The 272-acre Low Level Waste Repository in West Cumbria is used as the final resting place for all categories of solid low-level waste from across the United Kingdom. LLW Repository is fully owned by UK Nuclear Waste Management, a partnership of AECOM, AREVA, and Studsvik UK.
