Wood wins £3 mill Dounreay services contract
17 Jul 2018
Wood has won a four-year contract valued at up to £3 million to supply services for Scotland’s Dounreay nuclear site.
The framework contract covers design and engineering aspects and has two potential one-year extensions.
It will form part of the decommissioning programme being run by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd. Wood will operate as prime contractor, working in partnership with Orano, GDES and Aquila.
This contract helps to advance our strategy to increase our share of the growing nuclear decommissioning market
Bob MacDonald, CEO, specialist technical solutions, Wood
Key services provided will include design; engineering validation; environmental restoration; seismic; construction management; commissioning support, software modelling; waste strategy documents; and technical support.
Bob MacDonald, CEO of specialist technical solutions at Wood, said: “We are looking forward to working with DSRL on this contract which adds to Wood’s growing portfolio of work at Dounreay and helps to advance our strategy to increase our share of the growing nuclear decommissioning market.
“We are playing our part in achieving the objectives jointly agreed between the industry and UK government in the Nuclear Sector Deal, including helping to reduce the cost of nuclear power across the lifecycle.”
