The pre-construction contract requires the consortium to work together with Sellafield to develop the concept design of the facility, which will span two years.
It will be followed by a 4-year procurement construction and commissioning phase, due to start by mid-2012. The total project budget will exceed GBP250m.
As per the contract, Areva will provide engineering management and process design services in addition to procurement and commissioning of highly active storage tanks and associated equipment.
Radioactive effluents arising from nuclear processing operations will be stored at the new facility, which will comprise a series of high integrity highly active storage tanks in a seismically qualified reinforced concrete building.
