Amentum has been selected as the program and project management delivery partner for Sizewell C, a new nuclear power station planned for the United Kingdom. Amentum executives Jon Fowler and James Bull signed the contract Wednesday with Sizewell C Joint Managing Director Nigel Cann at the company’s headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia.
In addition to program and project management services, the U.S. engineering giant will provide project controls, technical services and infrastructure solutions, supporting Sizewell C delivery teams. The company said the contract will remain in effect until the station is operational. The U.K. government, which holds a 76 percent stake in Sizewell C Ltd, the standalone company created for the project, has committed $3.2 billion in funding.
Located on England’s East Suffolk coast, Sizewell C will house two 1.6 GW EPRs designed to provide electricity to 6 million homes for at least 60 years and significantly reduce carbon emissions. The project is expected to support 70,000 jobs across 3,000 local companies in the nuclear and construction supply chains.
Energy firm EDF is leading the nuclear initiative, which aims to replicate the design of the two-unit plant under construction at Hinkley Point C in Somerset. The idea is to leverage the experience gained at Hinkley Point C to build Sizewell C faster and cheaper.
“Our international program 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. He added that the plant will contribute to the U.K.’s energy security and provide more stable energy prices.
In a recent briefing to the U.K. Parliament, Cann and Julia Pyke, Sizewell C joint managing directors, confirmed that the project is on schedule and within budget, largely due to replicating the reactor design of Hinkley Point C. They called Sizewell C “the most important energy project that the U.K. is likely to undertake in the next two decades.”