Consortium led by M+W Group receives a 190 million euro contract for a nuclear waste storage facility at Sellafield in the UK

A consortium led by the international plant engineering company M+W Group, headquartered in Stuttgart, has received a major contract from the operator of the British nuclear facility Sellafield, Sellafield Ltd., for the construction of a storage complex for nuclear waste. The facility will be built on the Sellafield site and will meet the latest technological standards. The contract includes planning and procurement, construction, and commissioning of the new facility. The project has an estimated order volume of 190 million euros (150 million British pounds) and is scheduled for completion in 2017.

The most complex nuclear plant in Europe is located at Sellafield in Britain, which is also by far the largest in the UK. The decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear technical buildings marks an important phase in the deconstruction process.

The new facility, called the ‘Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store Direct Import Facility,’ will receive and store above-ground medium-radioactive, encapsulated waste. The project plays an important role in long-term planning to reduce risks as well as in the dismantling of nuclear legacy waste at Sellafield.

Peter Greenhalgh, CEO Energy of M+W Group, stated: “We are very pleased to have won this contract. M+W Group specializes in the realization of complex large-scale projects, and we now look forward to working with our consortium partner James Fisher Nuclear on constructing a facility that will play a key role in the UK's long-term decommissioning plans.”