Interserve's joint venture (JV) with Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a £160 million contract to support reprocessing plants and facilities at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria.

OneAIM has secured the four-year Operations Site Works framework, which covers engineering support services for asset care and maintenance. Overall, the JV will produce greater cost-efficiencies for Sellafield Limited, the company responsible for reprocessing, decommissioning and nuclear waste management.

Amec Foster Wheeler has already carried out existing work at the site, including;

• Lot 3 of the Decommissioning Delivery Partnership, a 10-year, £125m framework to support accelerated clean-up of the site;

• Membership of the Axiom alliance, which supplies design, engineering, and safety case assessment services for projects and tasks supporting accelerated hazard reduction

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• Delivery, as part of a joint venture, of the Box Encapsulation Plant, a £600m project to tackle one of the site's most hazardous legacy facilities

• A 10-year contract for laboratory-based analysis and characterisation of waste

In addition, Interserve has been working with Sellafield for the past 17 years supporting major projects such as the opening of the new Evaporator D facility.

Guy Bruce, Managing Director – infrastructure and industrial, at Interserve, said: "Our team of experts carry out their day-to-day responsibilities with the level of precision and care required at a reprocessing plant, using their skills and knowledge to manage customer projects in a safe and efficient way.

"The nature of work at Sellafield also requires flexibility to scale up activity to deliver complex multidisciplinary projects. Our longstanding relationship with Sellafield has given us an in-depth understanding of its unique needs, allowing us to work with our partners Amec Foster Wheeler to tailor the service we provide."

Clive White, President of Amec Foster Wheeler Clean Energy, added: "Winning the Operations Site Works framework reflects our strategy to extend the range of services we provide to Sellafield Limited.

"We welcome the opportunity of taking a greater role in the full project lifecycle, focusing on delivering safe, efficient and predictable outcomes and supporting Sellafield Limited in its cost-efficiency objectives, while also having a positive social impact on communities, skills and growth in Cumbria."

(LM)