Sellafield Announce JV For EPC Framework

A Jacobs, AMEC and Balfour Beatty joint venture (JV) has been announced by Sellafield for a multi-million pound Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) framework for the Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP) project.

The framework contract, which was published via an Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) notice in February 2014, has a potential value range of between £240m and £336m over the duration of up to four years.


The BEP project is being delivered as an integral part of the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo (MSSS) Programme, which is tackling the clean up of one of the most hazardous legacy facilities on the Sellafield site.

When complete, BEP will deliver the capability to treat nuclear waste recovered from MSSS, immobilise it and prepare it for long term storage. In addition, the BEP may also process waste recovered during the decommissioning of other significant Sellafield facilities including the First General Magnox Storage Pond (FGMSP) and the Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP).

(CD/JP)