The signing of the contract by (from left) Jon Fowler, Amentum Vice President for Nuclear Power; Nigel Cann, Sizewell C Joint Managing Director; and James Bull, Amentum New Nuclear Director of Frameworks
As well as programme and project management, Amentum will support delivery teams from Sizewell C Ltd with digitally aligned project controls, engineering and technical services, and innovative infrastructure solutions for site management. The contract duration is until the plant begins generating electricity.
"Amentum's global programme management capabilities and international nuclear new-build experience will help us deliver the game-changing benefits and cost savings of replicating Hinkley Point C's reactor design, while supporting our commitment to creating jobs and skills in the UK and maintaining the national capability essential for the nuclear renaissance," said Nigel Cann, Joint Managing Director of Sizewell C.
"Our international programme management experience and the learning from our work at Hinkley Point C will help to advance a project which is crucial for job creation and economic growth across the country," said Andy White, senior vice president of Amentum Energy & Environment International.
The EDF-led plan is for Sizewell C to feature two EPRs producing 3.2 GW of electricity, enough to power the equivalent of around six million homes for at least 60 years. It would be a similar design to the two-unit plant being built at Hinkley Point C in Somerset, with the aim of building it more quickly and at lower cost as a result of the experience gained from what is the first new nuclear construction project in the UK for about three decades.
Sizewell C Ltd, a standalone company, is 76% owned by the UK government, which has pledged investment totalling GBP2.5 billion (USD3.2 billion).
The project is due to receive its Final Investment Decision in the government's upcoming Spending Review.
