The contract is an extension of an original Purchase Order awarded in September 2006 for Front End Engineering Design.
The housed Evaporator building will consist of 15 in-cell modules, over 22km of pipe work bound together by over 10,000 welds, 300 tons of specialist steel and 400 major plant items.
Andrew Wyllie, chief executive of Costain, said:
“We are delighted to have been awarded this contract with Sellafield Ltd which, as one of the largest nuclear projects in the UK, underpins the suitability of Costain to support the Government and utilities engaged in the New Nuclear Build Programme.”
