Waste contract signals Dounreay聮s community commitment
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract to design and build a new effluent treatment plant at Dounreay.
皇冠体育app agreement signals a landmark move for the Caithness site as the first to incorporate socio-economic commitments following the introduction of a new procurement policy earlier this year.
Head of Commercial, Stephen Adamson, said: 鈥淎s a major employer in the area we take our responsibility to support the future of our community seriously. New guidelines, introduced earlier this year, ensure that our biggest suppliers think about how they can help contribute and we are delighted with the way the supply chain, including Amec Foster Wheeler, has responded.鈥�
皇冠体育app work, worth up to 拢7 million, is expected to begin as early as next year with the plant set to support the retrieval, processing and packaging of waste from the site鈥檚 shaft and wet silo areas.
Andy White, Vice President for Decommissioning at Amec Foster Wheeler, said: 鈥淲e share Dounreay鈥檚 commitment to the development of communities where we work. We will be engaging the local supply chain to deliver major aspects of this contract as well as offering subject matter experts to support local education programmes and secondment opportunities for Dounreay graduates to gain experience within Amec Foster Wheeler.鈥�
Once the United Kingdom鈥檚 centre of fast reactor research and development, Dounreay is on an ambitious journey to deliver one of Europe鈥檚 most complex nuclear closure programmes. 皇冠体育app skilled workforce is delivering a varied programme incorporating construction, demolition and waste management projects. Its mission is to return the site to as near as practicable its original condition.