Engineering and technical services group Wood has won a multi-million dollar framework contract to provide decommissioning solutions at the Dounreay nuclear site in Scotland.

Effective immediately, it will run for up to seven years including two potential extensions and is worth an estimated $520 million, shared among six suppliers.Wood employs more than 1,300 in the North West, mainly at Birchwood, Warrington and Knutsford.

The decommissioning services framework covers construction of new build projects required to enable the decommissioning of the Dounreay site; deplanting, decommissioning, decontamination and demolition of redundant facilities; and all associated project management, controls, engineering, design, safety case and site remediation requirements.

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