US-based Jacobs has been chosen to provide engineering and technical services for Britain’s national disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste (LLW) in Cumbria, northwest England, under a £9m repository infrastructure agreement.
LLW Repository Ltd said the agreement will be valid for four years and will include mechanical and electrical works, installation of pumping systems, civil construction works and electronic system improvements at the LLW facility.
LLW Repository Ltd said the agreement will be valid for four years and will include mechanical and electrical works, installation of pumping systems, civil construction works and electronic system improvements at the LLW facility.
The facility is the nation’s main disposal facility for LLW and is the only one allowed to receive all categories of LLW.
The facility receives low-level solid waste from a range of customers including the nuclear industry, the ministry of defence, non-nuclear industries, educational, medical and research establishments.
LLW Repository Ltd manages the facility on behalf UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
