The United Kingdom’s privately operated Low-Level Waste Repository Ltd. (LLWR) on Monday said it would distribute as much as £65 million ($79.8 million) among six companies for radioactive waste treatment services.
The “framework contract” has a four-year ordering period, according to an LLWR press release. The participating companies are: Active Collection Bureau, Augean Treatment, Cyclife UK, Tradebe Inutec, URENCO Nuclear Stewardship, and Westinghouse.
“The scope of the new framework is to provide expertise across the full metallic radioactive waste lifecycle including: project management, expert advice, characterisation, site preparations, dismantling, transport, segregation, treatment, and disposal,” the release says.
The suppliers would compete for specific task orders or project, a LLWR spokesman said by email Wednesday. Details of specific orders are not yet available.
Low-Level Waste Repository Ltd. operates the U.K.’s Low-Level Waste Repository in Cumbria as part of its broader mission to manage the nation’s lower-activity waste. The facility, established in 1959, takes waste from commercial and defense nuclear operations, along with other industries, academia, and research activities. The waste largely consists of contaminated paper, cardboard, plastic, protective clothing, soil, debris, and metal, according to LLRW Ltd.
The facility itself is owned by the U.K. government’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Low-Level Waste Repository Ltd. is a fully owned subsidiary of Nuclear Waste Management Ltd., a joint venture of nuclear and environment specialist Amentum; nuclear waste management provider Studsvik UK, and nuclear services company Orano.
