Jacobs said Wednesday it started work in June on a four-year contract to provide technical services for the United Kingdom’s repository for low-level radioactive waste.
The contract is valued at £9 million ($11.2 million), according to a release from LLW Repository Ltd.
Work carried out under the repository infrastructure framework deal will include mechanical and electric services, installing pumping systems, civil construction, and augmenting electronic systems at the facility in Cumbria.
“We look forward to working with LLWR to provide long-term support and help position them as a recognized center of excellence,” Jacobs Critical Mission Solutions Senior Vice President Clive White said in a company release. “Our multi-disciplinary approach will support the safe and effective management of the repository.”
Low-Level Waste Repository Ltd. is a subsidiary of Nuclear Waste Management Ltd., a joint venture of nuclear and environment specialist Amentum, nuclear waste management provider Studsvik UK, and nuclear services company Orano. It operates the repository for its owner, the U.K. government’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The 61-year-old facility is used for disposal of contaminated waste from commercial and defense nuclear operations, along with other industries, academia, and research activities. The waste largely consists of contaminated paper, cardboard, plastic, protective clothing, soil, debris, and metal.
In May, Dallas-based Jacobs said it had been contracted for two years by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to analyze the radioactivity release from samples of irradiated graphite from U.K. nuclear power reactor cores. That study is intended to assist the analysis of graphite behavior and eventual management of graphite waste.
