Up to £25m of work going to strip out the old 'golf ball' reactor at Sellafield Contracts worth up to £25m go out to tender to strip out Sellafield's Windscale 'golf ball' reactor
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Two big jobs on the old Windscale 'golf ball' at Sellafield are out for bids: up to £20m to strip it out, and up to £5m to knock down the office block and turbine hall next to it.
This one's for local contractors, supply chain firms and anybody grafting on the decommissioning at Sellafield.
Two contracts are out for bids on the Windscale Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor, WAGR for short, the big steel ball everybody calls the 'golf ball'. They've been put out by A2R, the Altrad and AtkinsRéalis joint venture based up at Westlakes near Moor Row, which runs projects on site.
The big one is the enabling works and strip-out inside the reactor complex, worth somewhere between £10m and £20m. It's meant to run from spring 2027 right through to April 2031. The notice says there's low and intermediate level radioactive waste in the areas involved, and it's pitched as suitable for smaller firms too. Bids close on Tuesday 3 November.
The second job, worth £2.5m to £5m, is knocking down the B55 office block and the B55.2 turbine hall next door. That's to be done by the end of 2027, and there's a substation nearby that has to keep running all the way through. Bids for that close on Tuesday 10 November.
WAGR was a prototype reactor that fired up in 1962 and ran until 1981. The core was out by 2012, and now what's left is being cleared bit by bit as part of the long clean-up.
It follows other demolition work coming through the pipeline, like Calder Hall's turbine hall.
What you can do: if your firm fancies a go, the full notices are on the government's Find a Tender and Contracts Finder sites under DNWP0016 and DNWP0027. Watch them dates, mind, the first one shuts next week.
Two tenders have been published for the next stage of decommissioning the Windscale Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor at Sellafield: a strip-out and enabling works contract worth £10m to £20m, and the demolition of its old office block and turbine hall worth £2.5m to £5m.
This is for West Cumbrian contractors, supply chain firms and anyone working on decommissioning at Sellafield.
Two tenders have been published for the Windscale Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor, known as WAGR, the steel sphere at Sellafield often called the 'golf ball'. The notices were issued by A2R, the Altrad and AtkinsRéalis joint venture based at Westlakes near Moor Row, which runs projects on the site.
The larger contract covers enabling works and strip-out inside the reactor complex, with an estimated value of £10m to £20m. It is expected to run from spring 2027 to April 2031. Notices say the work involves areas containing low and intermediate level radioactive waste, and that the contract is suitable for smaller firms. Bids close on Tuesday 3 November.
A second contract, worth £2.5m to £5m, covers demolition of the B55 office complex and the B55.2 turbine hall next to the reactor. It is due to be finished by the end of 2027, and the notice says a nearby electricity substation must stay working throughout. Bids close on Tuesday 10 November.
WAGR was a prototype reactor that started up in 1962 and ran until 1981. Its core was removed by 2012, and the remaining buildings are now being cleared as part of Sellafield's long-term clean-up.
Other contracts in the Sellafield pipeline have recently included the demolition of Calder Hall's turbine hall.
What you can do: if your business wants to bid, the full notices and documents are on the government's Find a Tender and Contracts Finder services under the references DNWP0016 and DNWP0027. Check the deadlines carefully, as the first one closes next week.