Deep technical knowledge underpins country's
energy security and net-zero carbon ambitions
DALLAS, Dec. 8, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- 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.
"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.
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