Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected to provide the U.K.'s nuclear regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), with specialist engineering and technical support services.
The four-year framework covers the ONR's activities in new build, power generation, decommissioning and defense.
Jacobs has supported the regulator with technical safety advice and assessment for more than 20 years. This new contract award reflects a successful track record and technical experience of the team, many of whom are internationally recognized subject matter specialists.
Key data points: The growth forecast = 5.4% annually for the next 7 years. Scroll below to get more insights. This market report covers trends, opportunities, and forecasts in the global nuclear decommissioning service market to 2031 by reactor type (pressurized water reactor (PWR), boiling water reactor (BWR), pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR), gas cooled reactor (GCR), and others), strategy (immediate dismantling, deferred dismantling, and entombment), and region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the World)
Download free sample pages"Our work supports ONR, whose mission is to protect society by securing safe nuclear operations," said Jacobs Energy, Security & Technology Senior Vice President Karen Wiemelt. "Our understanding of existing power plants and close involvement with new developments in fission and fusion power is especially valuable to the regulator while the nuclear industry is expanding to deliver energy independence and security, furthering the U.K.'s aim to become a net-zero carbon economy by 2050."
Jacobs was named as a supplier under each of the framework's three lots, covering reactor core physics and fault studies; civil engineering and external hazards; and other engineering and technical services, including chemistry, control and instrumentation, criticality, electrical engineering, radiological protection, radioactive waste management and decommissioning, and cyber security.
